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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.
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Bilibin liked conversation as he liked work, only when it could be made elegantly witty.
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They describe her in part finely and elegantly, and in part gravely and sententiously.
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