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Grammar : Adv
Spell : byoo-tuh-fuhl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbyu tə fəl



Definition of beautifully

Origin :
  • mid-15c., from beauty + -ful. The beautiful people "the fashionable set" first attested 1964 in (where else?) "Vogue" (it also was the title of a 1941 play by U.S. dramatist William Saroyan). House Beautiful is from "Pilgrim's Progress," where it is a proper name of a place. Related: Beautifully.
  • adv in an attractive or pleasing manner
Example sentences :
  • They look so beautifully, if it only were not necessary to eat them.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • The country on both sides is beautifully wooded, and very verdant.
  • Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
  • His figure, although slight, was beautifully symmetrical and finely knit.
  • Extract from : « Ridgeway » by Scian Dubh
  • "It was beautifully done," said d'Aguilar in his soft voice and foreign accent.
  • Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
  • Why, if Dick could only work his ears he could fan himself with it beautifully.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • They were appropriate to the place, and had been beautifully set to music.
  • Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • The ornamentation on this cross is very perfect and beautifully executed.
  • Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield
  • Norman doors are remarkable for their beautifully ornamented hinges.
  • Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield
  • The "rain ploughing the red mould," too, is beautifully fancied.
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
  • That would be a beautifully humble thing for me to think, now wouldn't it?
  • Extract from : « Southern Lights and Shadows » by Various

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