Meaning & use
harmoniously
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Meanings
adverbnot comparable
In a peaceful way, without arguing or disagreement.
Grammar: Usually follows a verb: they worked harmoniously.
Patterns
- live harmoniously with someone
- work harmoniously together
The two families live harmoniously on the same street.
The team worked harmoniously despite the tight deadline.
Neighbors can coexist harmoniously if they respect each other's space.
adverbnot comparable
In a way that looks, sounds or fits together pleasingly, as colors or sounds do.
Grammar: Often used with blend, combine or fit.
Patterns
- blend harmoniously with something
- combine harmoniously
The new building blends harmoniously with the old square.
The choir voices combined harmoniously in the final song.
The colors in the room work together harmoniously.
Common combinations
- live harmoniously
- Different communities live harmoniously in the town.
- work harmoniously
- The staff work harmoniously together.
- blend harmoniously
- The extension blends harmoniously with the house.
- sing harmoniously
- The children sing harmoniously in the school choir.
- coexist harmoniously
- People and wildlife coexist harmoniously in the park.
Synonyms and how they differ
- peacefully
- Peacefully focuses on the absence of conflict, while harmoniously also suggests people actively fit together.
- in unison
- In unison means doing the same thing at the same moment, but harmoniously does not require identical action.
- cooperatively
- Cooperatively stresses working jointly toward a goal, while harmoniously stresses the pleasant relationship.
- smoothly
- Smoothly describes the absence of problems in a process, while harmoniously usually describes people or sounds blending.
Opposites
Word family
- harmony noun
- Agreement and peaceful relations, or pleasing combined notes.
- harmonious adjective
- Peaceful, or pleasant in combination.
- harmonize verb
- To sing in harmony, or to make things fit together.
- harmonic adjective
- Relating to musical harmony.
Commonly confused: harmoniously or harmlessly?
harmoniously vs harmlessly
Harmlessly means without causing damage, while harmoniously means in a peaceful or well-fitting way.
Practice
The old and new parts of the museum fit together ____.
Choose one answer.
Harmoniously means in a pleasing, well-fitting way. Hastily describes speed and does not make sense for how parts fit together.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “harmoniously”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.