beautifully
adverb
beau·ti·ful·ly
ˈbyü-ti-f(ə-)lē 
1
: in a beautiful manner : in a way that excites aesthetic pleasure
beautifully decorated mansions
As one of the oldest planned cities in the country, Savannah is known for compact, walkable streets and beautifully landscaped historic squares.—
Lisa Chamberlain
Lisa Chamberlain2
: in a highly effective or excellent manner
This sort of diagram … beautifully illustrates the genetic connections between organisms as disparate as a cheetah and an eelworm.—Anthony Doerr
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—Phil Hay, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
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Phil Hay, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Georgia Louise’s lessons for aging beautifully The one thing that keeps us youthful in life is collagen.
—Glamour, 30 Apr. 2025
The kind of thinking that built empires and assembly lines—that beautifully predictable, step-by-step, linear logic—is starting to look less like a superpower and more like running Windows 95 in a world demanding quantum leaps.
—Lee Salisbury, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Warfare, beautifully crafted, tells the harrowing story of the men’s rescue in real time.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 29 Apr. 2025
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“Beautifully.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beautifully. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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