beautifully

«beautifully» in Mova's school dictionary: very pleasant to see or hear — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb (beautifully)

meaning for a pupil

1) In a beautiful way; in a way that is very pleasant to see or hear. tree →

2) Very well; with great skill: «She played beautifully.» tree →

3) Perfectly, completely: «It worked beautifully.» tree →

sense in the lessons

A common praise word in school: «You've written that beautifully», «beautifully presented work». In stories: «The bird sang beautifully.» It can describe the way something is done, not just how it looks.

examples

• She sings beautifully. tree →
• Your handwriting is beautifully neat. tree →
• The garden was beautifully kept. tree →
• The plan worked beautifully. tree →
• The table was beautifully laid for the feast. tree →
• The sun set beautifully over the sea. tree →
• ‘Bird,’ he said, ‘how beautifully you sing! tree →

note

Spelling trap: beautiful + ly = «beautifully» with double l. The tricky vowels: b-e-a-u.

In the corpora

• The beds are clean and smell «beautifully of lavender».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «beautifully» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.