beautifully

The word “beautifully” means in a beautiful, skillful, or highly pleasing way. In plain terms, doing something in a way that is beautiful, graceful, or excellently done.

“Beautifully” is pronounced BYOO-tih-flee (/ˈbjuː.tɪ.f(ə.)li/ in IPA).

Here is “beautifully” used in a sentence: “The garden was beautifully maintained all summer.”

“Beautifully” is an adverb.

“Beautifully” is a fairly common word in modern English, usually learned at around the B1 level.

'Beautiful' is an adjective that describes nouns, as in 'a beautiful painting'. 'Beautifully' is the adverb form that describes verbs and adjectives, telling how something is done, as in 'she paints beautifully'.

Both are positive adverbs, but 'beautifully' is stronger, suggesting real beauty, elegance, or skill. 'Nicely' is milder, meaning pleasantly or satisfactorily, so 'played beautifully' implies more skill than 'played nicely'.

'Beautifully' often pairs with verbs like sing, play, dance, write, cook, decorate, and dress, as in 'beautifully written' or 'beautifully decorated'. It describes an action done in a lovely or highly skilful way.

Yes. Besides meaning in an attractive way, 'beautifully' often means excellently or smoothly, as in 'the plan worked beautifully' or 'the engine runs beautifully'. In these uses it praises how well something functions rather than how it looks.