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elegantly, adv.|ˈɛlɪgəntlɪ| [f. elegant + -ly2.] In an elegant manner; see senses of the adj. Also in comb. with adjs.
1552Huloet, Elegantlye, eleganter, rotunde. 1571Golding Calvin on Ps. lix. 17. 228 Hee elegantly putteth the doubtfull speeche in a diverse mening. 1728Young Love Fame vi. (1757) 146 She's elegantly pain'd from morn till night. 1753Hanway Trav. (1762) II. i. x. 54 Many hollanders..live elegantly. 1783Ld. Hailes Antiq. Chr. Ch. vi. 178 note, The latter part of the passage in Lampridius is elegantly paraphrased. 1858W. Ellis Vis. Madagascar viii. 212 A number of elegantly-bound volumes lay on the table. 1879O. W. Holmes Motley ii. 14 Elegantly brutal onslaughts. |