elegantlyadv.

Brit.

/ˈɛlᵻɡ(ə)ntli/, U.S.

/ˈɛləɡən(t)li/

Forms: see elegant adj. and -ly suffix².

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: elegant adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: < elegant adj. + -ly suffix². Compare classical Latin ēleganter.

In an elegant manner; with elegance.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [adverb]

featouslya1375

rhetoricly1481

elegantlya1492

facundiously1509

comptly1611

fine1735

posh1957

the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > [adverb]

nicelyc1450

polishedly1594

tersely1600

politely1624

refinedly1645

elegantly1728

spirituelly1825

sophisticatedly1956

the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > elegance > [adverb]

finec1400

worthilyc1400

nicelyc1450

handsomely1530

smicklyc1639

elegantly1753

neat1755

a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) iv. f. cccxxxi/1 How well that ther be Infenyte quantyte of bokes right elegantly wryten in latyn.

a1504 J. Holt Lac Puerorum (1508) iii. sig. f.iv The passyues of y^e forsayd .v. verbes may gouerne elegantly an ablatyf case withoute a preposicyon.

1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (lix. 17) i. f. 228 Hee elegantly putteth the doubtfull speeche in a diverse mening.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. viii. xlii. 222 Most elegantly and absolutely described by the Poët Virgill [Fr. fort elegamment descrite par le Poëte Vergile; L. pulcherrime quidem Vergilio vate absoluta est].

1677 J. Dryden Authors Apol. Heroique Poetry in State Innocence Pref. sig. c2^v Thought and Words, elegantly adapted to the Subject.

1728 E. Young Universal Passion: Satire VI 9 She's elegantly pain'd from morn to night.

1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea II. xlix. 334 Many hollanders..live elegantly.

1858 W. Ellis Three Visits Madagascar viii. 212 A number of elegantly-bound volumes lay on the table.

1878 T. G. Appleton Let. in O. W. Holmes John Lothrop Motley: Mem. ii. 14 Elegantly brutal onslaughts.

1919 Living Age 2 Aug. 279/2 A cane which I carry very elegantly.

1959 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. A. 122 250 A little known theorem about the discrete nature of the solution to the transportation problem is elegantly proved.

1978 Hutchinson (Kansas) News 11 Apr. 10/1 An elegantly dressed ash-blonde with the cool beauty of a Grace Kelly.

2005 N. Hornby Long Way Down 138 Obviously I couldn't have put it as elegantly as that. But yes, that's the long and the short of it.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	elegantly
释义	elegantlyadv. Brit. /ˈɛlᵻɡ(ə)ntli/, U.S. /ˈɛləɡən(t)li/ Forms: see elegant adj. and -ly suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: elegant adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < elegant adj. + -ly suffix². Compare classical Latin ēleganter. In an elegant manner; with elegance. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [adverb] featouslya1375 rhetoricly1481 elegantlya1492 facundiously1509 comptly1611 fine1735 posh1957 the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > [adverb] nicelyc1450 polishedly1594 tersely1600 politely1624 refinedly1645 elegantly1728 spirituelly1825 sophisticatedly1956 the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > elegance > [adverb] finec1400 worthilyc1400 nicelyc1450 handsomely1530 smicklyc1639 elegantly1753 neat1755 a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) iv. f. cccxxxi/1 How well that ther be Infenyte quantyte of bokes right elegantly wryten in latyn. a1504 J. Holt Lac Puerorum (1508) iii. sig. f.iv The passyues of y^e forsayd .v. verbes may gouerne elegantly an ablatyf case withoute a preposicyon. 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (lix. 17) i. f. 228 Hee elegantly putteth the doubtfull speeche in a diverse mening. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. viii. xlii. 222 Most elegantly and absolutely described by the Poët Virgill [Fr. fort elegamment descrite par le Poëte Vergile; L. pulcherrime quidem Vergilio vate absoluta est]. 1677 J. Dryden Authors Apol. Heroique Poetry in State Innocence Pref. sig. c2^v Thought and Words, elegantly adapted to the Subject. 1728 E. Young Universal Passion: Satire VI 9 She's elegantly pain'd from morn to night. 1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea II. xlix. 334 Many hollanders..live elegantly. 1858 W. Ellis Three Visits Madagascar viii. 212 A number of elegantly-bound volumes lay on the table. 1878 T. G. Appleton Let. in O. W. Holmes John Lothrop Motley: Mem. ii. 14 Elegantly brutal onslaughts. 1919 Living Age 2 Aug. 279/2 A cane which I carry very elegantly. 1959 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. A. 122 250 A little known theorem about the discrete nature of the solution to the transportation problem is elegantly proved. 1978 Hutchinson (Kansas) News 11 Apr. 10/1 An elegantly dressed ash-blonde with the cool beauty of a Grace Kelly. 2005 N. Hornby Long Way Down 138 Obviously I couldn't have put it as elegantly as that. But yes, that's the long and the short of it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.a1492
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