gracefully.

1. With smooth, poised or pleasing movement.

2. With courtesy, consideration or gracious acceptance.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• move gracefully
• turn gracefully

On the page

She moved gracefully through the narrow opening without disturbing the objects beside it.

The dancer turned gracefully while keeping the change of direction clearly controlled.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Invariable adverb; use more or most only where natural. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: style analysis, interpretation, characterization, rhetorical contrast. Disciplines: literary analysis, prose writing, advanced general English. Commonness: moderately common.