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# gracefully

«gracefully» in Mova's school dictionary: **moving in a smooth, light and beautiful way** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (gracefully, more gracefully, most gracefully)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Gracefully means moving in a smooth, light and beautiful way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gracefully/#m1)

2) Gracefully means behaving politely and kindly, especially in a hard moment such as losing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gracefully/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In PE, dance and gymnastics, you try to move gracefully. In stories, a swan or a dancer glides gracefully. In everyday life and ethics, losing gracefully means being a good sport. Common phrases: «move gracefully», «lose gracefully», «grow old gracefully», «bow out gracefully», «accept gracefully».

### examples

- The swan glided gracefully across the lake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gracefully/#x1)
- The ballerina leapt gracefully across the stage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gracefully/#x2)
- Our team lost, but we shook hands gracefully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gracefully/#x3)
- The cat jumped gracefully onto the fence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gracefully/#x4)
- She gracefully accepted the second-place ribbon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gracefully/#x5)
- Grandma says she wants to grow old gracefully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gracefully/#x6)
- The gymnast landed gracefully on the mat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gracefully/#x7)
- She saluted the King gracefully, while a murmur of admiration rose from all around. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gracefully/#x8)

### note

Built from «graceful» + «-ly». The opposite is «clumsily» or «awkwardly». Related: «grace», «graceful», «disgrace» (shame — a different idea).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «gracefully» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gracefully/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.