"elegantly" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

Forms: more elegantly [comparative], most elegantly [superlative]
Etymology: From elegant + -ly. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|elegant|ly}} elegant + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} elegantly (comparative more elegantly, superlative most elegantly)
  1. Gracefully, smoothly, and swiftly; with supreme style. Translations (gracefully): elegantment (Catalan), elegantemente (Galician), elegánsan (Hungarian), elegantemente (Italian), elegancko (Polish), elegantemente (Portuguese), elegantemente (Spanish)
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