Definition for EL'E-GANT-LY

EL'E-GANT-LY, adv.

  1. In a manner to please; with elegance; with beauty; with pleasing propriety; as, a composition elegantly written.
  2. With due symmetry; with well formed and duly proportioned parts; as, a house elegantly built.
  3. Richly; with rich or handsome materials well disposed as, a room elegantly furnished; a woman elegantly dressed.

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