adverb
definition
In a graceful manner.
Examples of gracefully in a Sentence
He gracefully swung her around.
Taking her hand in his, he swept her gracefully into dance.
Edward bowed very gracefully, and his sister curtsied.
For a moment she watched them gracefully move across the room - totally in sync.
The wedding cake rose gracefully in three tiers, graced with crystal staircases and small cakes on either side.
The Great Dane is somewhat similar in general character, but is still more gracefully built, with slender limbs and more pointed muzzle.
Her jet black hair was swept up gracefully into a plaited crown.
They talked for over an hour, Mums gracefully avoiding the obvious.
Like the way his broad shoulders swayed so gracefully with each step as he strode to the corral - or the way he lounged in a doorway, coffee in one hand, one long leg thrown carelessly over the other.
Metternich realized the situation, and yielded so gracefully that he gave his temporary defeat the air of a victory.
One hand gracefully held the folds of her dress and the other brushed a wayward curl from her forehead.
Dean vaguely remembered the eternity before voices above called his name and rescuers gracefully dropped down next to him.
It was going to be one of those evenings when lovemaking lasted gracefully for hours.
She watched as he crossed the room to the door, his broad shoulders swaying gracefully with each step.
Its furry tail stood up firm and round as a plume, its bandy legs served it so well that it would often gracefully lift a hind leg and run very easily and quickly on three legs, as if disdaining to use all four.
She watched his tall figure move gracefully down the hall, forcing unwelcome warmth to crawl up her neck.
His broad shoulders swayed gracefully with the swing of his stride.
Matching flowers spilled gracefully down the smooth cake.
He had tried to be happy for her when the twins came along – even accepted it gracefully when she had declined to go with him to Texas.
One hand on her waist, the other holding hers lightly, he gracefully swept her around.
Then a little man jumped out of the basket, took off his tall hat, and bowed very gracefully to the crowd of Mangaboos around him.
Still smiling, she gracefully moved away, turning and glancing at her husband.
Alex swept her gracefully around the room again while the band played "The Last Waltz."
In 1873 he was offered a baronetcy by Gladstone, and again by Disraeli in 1874; in each case the honour was gracefully declined.
The vaults are gracefully painted with floreated bands along the ribs and central patterns in each "cell," in rich soft colours on a white plastered ground.
His white hair hung gracefully on his shoulders, and his whole figure was patriarchal."
Remember, if you lose, accept defeat gracefully.
The plumage is white, except the primaries, which are black, and a black plume, formed by the secondaries, tertials and lower scapulars, and richly glossed with bronze, blue and green, which curves gracefully over the hind-quarters.
Gracefully and respectfully, with statesmanlike yet feminine dexterity, the demands of Darnley's father for justice on the murderers of his son were accepted and eluded by his daughter-in-law.
From the foyer, they entered a huge room with a wide staircase that curved gracefully from the balcony on the second floor.
From the lower part of a carpel are produced several laterally placed ovules, which become bright red or orange on ripening; the bright fleshy seeds, which in some species are as large as a goose's egg, and the tawny spreading carpels produce a pleasing combination of colour in the midst of the long dark-green fronds, which curve gracefully upwards and outwards from the summit of the columnar stem.
Sam halted Red and dismounted gracefully.
On ladies' seals the owner is often gracefully depicted standing and holding flower or bird, or with shields of arms. After the 14th century, the figures of ladies, other than queens, vanish from seals.
Behind closed eyelids she is gracefully making love in a dream.
It forms an erect pyramid, the upper half of which is covered with pretty pale blue blossoms, drooping gracefully from slender branchlets.
I. Gerardiana is a pretty plant which may be grown as a bush or against a wall, which it clothes gracefully with feathery leaves, towards the close of summer, bearing small Pea-like bright pink blooms.
Tall, spreading, gracefully plumed with foliage, which for richness and beauty of color is without a rival.
Come up as gracefully as possible and remember to smooth the skirt back into place.
Instead, opt for empire-waist styles, which gracefully flow outward to a full skirt; A-line skirts, which conceal wide hips nicely; and belted shirt dresses, which cinch at the waist and look chic in almost all settings.
Whether you choose to grow older gracefully or fight it kicking and screaming, there are a variety of senior citizen hairstyles available for both men and women.
By leaving the relationship gracefully and respectfully, each individual preserves their dignity and can learn from both the good and the bad points of the relationship, hopefully making their next partnership a more successful one.
We reached the summit of Meal Buidhe at about 9pm after having watched two golden eagles gracefully glide in a neighboring valley.
Lyalli, with woolly leaves of a long heart-shape and large pure white flowers with a bunch of golden stamens, drooping gracefully in clusters upon long stems from the tips of the previous seasons growth.
Alpine Fir (Abies Lasiocarpa) - A beautiful spire-like tree 150 feet high, with white bark and very small cones, purple, 2 to 3 inches long, and red male flowers, the foliage gracefully curved.
T. dependens bears white bell-shaped flowers fringed around the mouth, drooping gracefully from the under side of the branches of an elegant evergreen shrub, which thrives in the open air in our warmest coast gardens.
Sareen is a gracefully curved collection that includes micro-pave diamonds around the center stone as well as an optional bezel set diamond beneath the main center stone.
Move it gracefully along the pattern, following the lines as you squeeze out the paint.
It is possible to design the site so that it "degrades gracefully" for these devices, but that is an added expense.
A wide porch stretched the length of the building, and above it were two balconies with black wrought iron banisters that curved out gracefully.
It merely confirmed that she had left childhood behind... quite gracefully.