How to say "gracefully" in Japanese

• しゃなりしゃなり
  adverb (with と), suru verbA mimetic word for moving in a dainty, affectedly graceful way, often with a slightly self-conscious or mincing manner. Use it for a person's stylized, deliberate walk or bearing rather than general elegance.
• しずしず
  adverb (with と)Covers the graceful sense as quiet, unhurried movement, as when a woman glides or slips away without disturbance. Its core meaning is 'quietly, slowly', so graceful movement is a secondary shading of it.
• 体良くていよく
  adverbRarely the word for physical grace; it mainly means doing or presenting something decently and plausibly, handling a matter so it looks proper or is put acceptably. Think of graceful acceptance or a tactfully arranged excuse, not elegant motion.

For physical, movement-based grace choose 「しずしず」 or the mimetic 「しゃなりしゃなり」; for handling a matter tactfully or with social smoothness use 「体良く」, which is really about 'decently, plausibly'.

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• しゃなりしゃなりgracefully
• しずしずquietly
• 体良くていよくdecently