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Elegantly

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el·e·gant  (l-gnt)
adj.
Characterized by or exhibiting refined, tasteful beauty of manner, form, or style. See Synonyms at delicate.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin legns, legant-, present participle of *legre, variant of ligere, to select; see elect.]

ele·gant·ly adv.
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Adv.1.elegantly - with elegance; in a tastefully elegant manner; "the room was elegantly decorated"
inelegantly - without elegance
2.elegantly - in a gracefully elegant manner; "the members of these groups do not express themselves as accurately or as elegantly as their critics do"

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Sophia was rather above the middle size; most elegantly formed.
Bilibin liked conversation as he liked work, only when it could be made elegantly witty.
They describe her in part finely and elegantly, and in part gravely and sententiously.
 
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