beautifully

English

Etymology

From beautiful +‎ -ly, circa 17th century.

Pronunciation

• enPR: byo͞oʹtĭf(ə)lē, IPA^(key): /ˈbjuːtɪf(ə)li/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: beau‧ti‧ful‧ly

Adverb

beautifully (comparative more beautifully, superlative most beautifully)

1. In a beautiful manner.
   • 1970, Larry Niven, Ringworld, page 276:

     The intercom system worked beautifully, despite the fact that the ear plugs were designed for human rather than kzinti ears.

   • 2013 August 14, Daniel Taylor, The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Tom Cleverley had one of his better games, the highlight being a beautifully weighted pass to send Walcott away for his goal, and Rooney probably did as well as might have been anticipated given this was his first start in a competitive match since April.

Translations

In a beautiful manner

• Belarusian: прыго́жа (pryhóža)
• Catalan: bellament (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 美麗地／美丽地 (zh) (měilì de)

• Czech: krásně (cs)
• Dutch: mooi (nl)
• Esperanto: bele
• Finnish: kauniisti (fi), ihanasti (fi)
• French: joliment (fr)
• German: schön (de)
• Hungarian: szépen (hu)
• Latin: pulchre
• Marathi: सुंदरतेने (sundartene)
• Middle English: lovely
• Navajo: nizhónígo
• Polish: pięknie (pl), ślicznie (pl), uroczo (pl), urodziwie, ładnie (pl)
• Portuguese: belamente
• Romanian: frumos (ro)
• Russian: краси́во (ru) (krasívo), прекра́сно (ru) (prekrásno)
• Spanish: bellamente (es)
• Swedish: vackert (sv)
• Telugu: అందముగా (te) (andamugā)
• Ukrainian: прекра́сно (prekrásno), краси́во (krasývo)