English → Latin
“gracefully” in Latin
venustuscharming, friendly, lovely, pleasing, comely, beautiful, elegant; artistic, elegant; affable, elegant, charmingēlegānsfine, elegant, handsome; tasteful; fastidious, criticaldecushonor, distinction, glory; pride, dignity; grace, splendor, ornament, beautyhonestusfull of or regarded with honor; honorable; of high birth; noble; distinguished; respectable; eminent; bring or deservingsuāvissweet, pleasant, deliciousspeciōsusgood-looking, handsome, beautiful; splendid, brilliant; showy, speciouspsallōto play or sing to the cithara; to sing or play a tune; to sing psalmssaltōto dance, jump; to portray or represent in a dance, pantomimeaetāsthe period of a life: lifetime, lifespan; time of life, period or stage of life, age; an undefined, relatively long peri
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
gracefully
venuste: eleganter (e.g., psallere, saltare; agere vitam or aetatem; causam dicere): decore: honeste; suaviter [SYN. in GRACEFUL]: speciose (e.g., hasta speciosissime contorta, Quint.): To speak gracefully, quasi decore loqui: suavem esse in dicendo (the latter of an orator only); suaviter loqui (to speak in a sweet, persuasive manner): speaking gracefully, suaviloquens (Cic., in Gell., 12, 2, etc., in which passage Gell. is of opinion that Sen. is wrong in rejecting this word): to relate anything gracefully, jucunde narrare: to write gracefully, dulcissime scribere. Vid: also, ELEGANTLY.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for gracefully?
- The usual Latin words for “gracefully” are venustus, ēlegāns, decus; also honestus, suāvis, speciōsus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.