elegantly

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Recent Examples of elegantly Designed at the height of the pandemic, the elegantly supple clothes made clear that the designer was in tune with his customers and was charting a new course for Zegna. Naomi Rougeau, Robb Report, 13 Sep. 2025 Whether worn casually with an oversized sweater or elegantly with a blazer, jeans and boots are a dream team for chilly days. Emma Mehl, Glamour, 10 Sep. 2025 Wharton envisioned gardens as architectural compositions just like houses and structures, in a series of outdoor rooms that elegantly co-exist with the natural landscape. Natasha Gural, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025 In the kitchen, Vitra’s Tip Ton chairs introduce an industrial note that elegantly breaks up the softness of the room. Ludovica Stevan, Architectural Digest, 24 Aug. 2025 That night, Gaga looked stunning in a one-shoulder silver satin dress that cinched in at the waist and draped elegantly over her body. Starr Bowenbank, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025 Filming in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the six-minute horror snippet ends with an elegantly disgusting reveal. Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 15 Aug. 2025 Now a searing guitar line held forth, but only briefly before giving way to an elegantly swinging piano and sax, as if the song had walked off the street and into a smoky jazz club. Peter Ames Carlin, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2025 Unlike most subsequent commercial aircraft, the plane had its engines, four de Havilland Ghost turbojets, molded elegantly into the wing itself rather than in pods attached below it. Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for elegantly
Adverb
  • The retailer just dropped rare markdowns on the brand’s most iconic styles, from the Arizona sandals made for late-summer escapes to the suede Boston clogs that will stylishly carry you into fall.
    Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 29 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • Eighteen years on from her international debut in Osaka in 2007, her final bow taking place in Tokyo means Fraser-Pryce’s career is neatly bookended by World Championships in Japan.
    Liam Tharme, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Solving Messy, Unclear Problems Not every challenge at work comes neatly labeled with instructions.
    Sho Dewan, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • As someone who’s constantly running out the door — fashionably late, of course — these are a no-brainer footwear to slip on and go.
    Ali Faccenda, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Rocky, arriving fashionably late to the New York premiere on Monday, trotted down the carpet line at the BAM Harvey Theater with infectious enthusiasm.
    Antonio Ferme, Variety, 13 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • The women, tidily dressed with cropped, graying hair, approached the armed officers conducting baggage checks in Argentina’s international airport.
    Haley Cohen Gilliland, Air Mail, 16 Aug. 2025

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“Elegantly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elegantly. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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