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elegantly

adverb B2
  1. Gracefully, smoothly, and swiftly; with supreme style.
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On sending in our cards we were shown into an elegantly appointed drawing-room, where we were joined in a few minutes by a rather stout man who received us with much hospitality.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 59 · B2
They passed through two rooms, furnished in a luxurious manner they had not expected to see under the roof of Signor Pastrini, and were shown into an elegantly fitted-up drawing-room.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 387 · C1
We have got our house fixed up elegantly.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 90 · C1
She’s got a beautiful complexion and curly brown hair and she does it up so elegantly.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 108 · C1

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