gracefully
adverb
uk/ˈɡreɪs.fəl.i/us/ˈɡreɪs.fəl.i/gracefullyadverb(MOVEMENT)
in asmooth,relaxed,attractiveway:
优美地;优雅地;雅致地He gracefullyskisdown theslopes.他优雅地从山坡上滑下。
He wassurroundedby acheeringcrowdas hemovedgracefully to thestage.他优雅地走向舞台,被欢呼的人群所包围。
- Everwonderedhowcatscanmoveso gracefully in thedark?
- As she toldstoriesof herlife, herhandsgesturedgracefully.
- silkdressesthatmovedgracefully around thebody
Movement
- ambulatory
- be treading wateridiom
- biodynamics
- comings
- get
- get around
- gravitation
- immobilize
- mobile
- motile
- motility
- motion
- movable
- moving
- nonstationary
- pullsomeoneup shortidiom
- steadiness
- stillness
- tread
- unmoving
gracefullyadverb(BEHAVIOUR)
in apoliteandpleasantway:
得体地,体面地;有风度地Shelostin three sets, and she didn't takedefeatgracefully.她打了三盘告负,并没有优雅地接受失败。
In thissituation, they have to putpressureon him to gracefullystepdown.在这种情况下,他们不得不向他施加压力,让他优雅地下台。
See
graceful
- Iprefertogrowoldgracefully.
- Whether youhandlecriticismgracefully or make abigdealof it can make all thedifference.
- Theyappearedontelevisionrecentlytalkingabout howtheirfathergave uppowergracefully.
Polite and respectful
- candy coat
- candy-coated
- chivalrous
- chivalrously
- chivalry
- courtly
- couth
- deferential
- deferentially
- euphemistic
- graciousness
- keep a civil tongue inyourheadidiom
- manner
- mind/watch your mannersidiom
- non-intrusive
- super-polite
- tactful
- tactfully
- ultra-civilized
- ultra-refined