Glamorously

Part of speech: adverb

Definitions

1. In a manner that showcases both elegance and enchantment
2. In a way that displays striking beauty and sophisticated appeal
3. Showing off an impressive or alluring style with grace

Etymology: "Glamorously" is simply "glamorous" with the adverbial ending "-ly" attached, and the adjective itself is the more interesting piece. "Glamour" began in Scotland as a corruption of "grammar," meaning learning or occult knowledge, and only later came to mean a bewitching outward charm. The "-ous" in "glamorous" comes from Latin "-osus," full of, which passed through Old French into English, so the adjective means something like "full of glamour." The "-ly" ending descends from Old English "-līċe," which itself grew from a Germanic word for "body" or "form," the same root that gives English "like." Attaching it to "glamorous" produced an adverb describing action done in that charmed, dazzling manner.

Synonyms: elegantly, stylishly

Antonyms: plainly, drably