elegantly

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Recent Examples of elegantly Stretching elegantly over the Tamsui River near Taipei, the bridge represents a milestone in architecture and engineering – and a powerful symbol of Taiwan’s commitment to sustainable, forward-looking infrastructure. Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025 She was elegantly dressed in a cream coat dress adorned with delicate embroidery, paired with matching heels and a coordinating clutch bag. Stephanie Giang-Paunon , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025 Vipers and elapids strike more elegantly before their victims are even aware of their presence, while colubrid bites inflict the maximum amount of damage. Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2025 The double-cross at Piccadilly Circus is inevitable, but the episode plays the sequence elegantly, intercutting Tara’s effort to give her minders the slip with the Park’s feckless attempt to manage a breach in the MI5 database. Scott Tobias, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2025 Customers step into a store measuring 1,800 square feet, with marble and Cipria pink velvet interiors that create a feminine space; pale golden shelves elegantly display the range of styles. Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 10 Oct. 2025 Glass-front cabinet doors elegantly show off your favorite china sets and dinnerware, and keep them safe while not in use. Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Oct. 2025 Some people incorporate sugar skull face painting or wear masks that represent calacas (skeletons) or catrinas/catrines, the elegantly dressed skeletal figures associated with Día de los Muertos. Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 6 Oct. 2025 They’re elegantly rendered in what looks to be Windsor Light Condensed, widely recognizable as Woody Allen’s onscreen typeface of choice. Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for elegantly
Adverb
  • Cotton Cashmere Ribbed Sleeveless Midi Dress This sleeveless dress is made of buttery-soft cashmere and features an elegant silhouette and a boat neckline that can be layered stylishly under a leather jacket.
    Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Oct. 2025
  • There are also two new delightfully cute additions to the collection — a shiny gold pair that would look radiant on warm-tone complexions and a pair that’s as stylishly macabre as the others, only smaller in size.
    Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • One of his former teachers was still there, coaxing students to line up neatly.
    Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2025
  • But not everything can fit neatly in an eight-part series, and there’s a reason the case is still being dissected today.
    Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Altman’s tech origin story is founding a social-media app with a fashionably missing vowel; AMD CEO Lisa Su’s involves loose wires and, later, the world’s top prize in microelectronics.
    Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Still, among poultry purveyors, Cane’s will be fashionably late to the party in the Boise area.
    Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 14 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • There are millions of Californians who don’t tidily fit into either the MAGA or anti-MAGA camps.
    U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2025
  • His Tresemmé waves were bound tidily back.
    Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025

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“Elegantly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elegantly. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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