gracefully

1. 1.

   in a graceful manner

   “she swooped gracefully”

   Antonymsgracelessly
2. 2.

   in a gracious or graceful manner

   “he did not have a chance to grow up graciously”

   Synonymsgraciously

   Antonymsungracefully

Questions about gracefully

What does gracefully mean?

gracefully means "in a graceful manner". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in gracefully?

gracefully has 3 syllables: grace-ful-ly. The stress falls on "grace". In IPA it is /ˈɡɹeɪsfəli/.

What is another word for gracefully?

Close synonyms include graciously. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of gracefully?

The recorded antonyms are gracelessly, ungracefully.

Is gracefully a common word?

gracefully is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.