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beau·ti·ful  (byt-fl)
adj.
1. Having qualities that delight the senses, especially the sense of sight.
2. Excellent; wonderful.

beauti·ful·ly adv.
beauti·ful·ness n.
Synonyms: beautiful, lovely, pretty, handsome, comely, fair1
All these adjectives apply to what excites aesthetic admiration. Beautiful is most comprehensive: a beautiful child; a beautiful painting; a beautiful mathematical proof.
Lovely applies to what inspires emotion rather than intellectual appreciation: "They were lovely, your eyes" (George Seferis).
What is pretty is beautiful in a delicate or graceful way: a pretty face; a pretty song; a pretty room.
Handsome stresses poise and dignity of form and proportion: a very large, handsome paneled library. "She is very pretty, but not so extraordinarily handsome" (William Makepeace Thackeray).
Comely suggests wholesome physical attractiveness: "Mrs. Hurd is a large woman with a big, comely, simple face" (Ernest Hemingway).
Fair emphasizes freshness or purity: "In the highlands, in the country places,/Where the old plain men have rosy faces,/And the young fair maidens/Quiet eyes" (Robert Louis Stevenson).

beautifully [ˈbjuːtɪflɪ]
adv
1. in a beautiful manner
2. Informal (intensifier) you did beautifully well in the race
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.beautifully - in a beautiful manner; "her face was beautifully made up"
Translations
beautifully [ˈbjuːtɪflɪ] ADV (= wonderfully) → maravillosamente; (= precisely) → perfectamente
she plays beautifullytoca a la perfección
that will do beautifullyasí sirve perfectamente

beautifully [ˈbjuːtɪfli] adv
[play, write] → admirablement
[sing] → merveilleusement bien
[clear, quiet] → merveilleusement

beautifully
advschön; warm, prepared, shine, simpleherrlich, wunderbar; (= well) sew, cook, sing, swimhervorragend, sehr gut, prima (inf); that will do beautifullydas ist ganz ausgezeichnet

beautifully [ˈbjuːtɪflɪ] advsplendidamente, magnificamente
beautifully [ˈbjuːtɪflɪ] advsplendidamente, magnificamente

beautifully بشكل جميل krásně smukt schön όμορφα maravillosamente kauniisti superbement lijepo meravigliosamente 美しく 아름답게 mooi skjønt pięknie maravilhosamente красиво vackert อย่างสวยงาม hoşça một cách tốt đẹp 美好地


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Many years ago there lived an Emperor who was so fond of new clothes that he spent all his money on them in order to be beautifully dressed.
There seemed to be no use in waiting by the little door, so she went back to the table, half hoping she might find another key on it, or at any rate a book of rules for shutting people up like telescopes: this time she found a little bottle on it, (`which certainly was not here before,' said Alice,) and round the neck of the bottle was a paper label, with the words `DRINK ME' beautifully printed on it in large letters.
On the platform proper squatted an enormous warrior heavily loaded with metal ornaments, gay-colored feathers and beautifully wrought leather trappings ingeniously set with precious stones.
 
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