Definition of "gracefully" []

• In a graceful manner. (adverb)

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• "There's no way we'll retreat gracefully from the world pedestal."
• "Family-values politicians exposed as adulterers (Newt Gingrich) or House leaders brought down by multiple ethics charges (Tom DeLay) don't fade gracefully from the limelight; here they are back in our living rooms, tangoing, pontificating, polishing their talk show quips."
• "One hundred feet long, it narrowed gracefully from a base ten feet in diameter to a needle-sharp diamond point."