Elegant

['elɪg(ə)nt] or ['ɛləgənt]

Definition

(adj.) refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style; 'elegant handwriting'; 'an elegant dark suit'; 'she was elegant to her fingertips'; 'small churches with elegant white spires'; 'an elegant mathematical solution--simple and precise and lucid' .

(adj.) displaying effortless beauty and simplicity in movement or execution; 'an elegant dancer'; 'an elegant mathematical solution -- simple and precise' .

(adj.) suggesting taste, ease, and wealth .

Edited by Ellis--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Very choice, and hence, pleasing to good taste; characterized by grace, propriety, and refinement, and the absence of every thing offensive; exciting admiration and approbation by symmetry, completeness, freedom from blemish, and the like; graceful; tasteful and highly attractive; as, elegant manners; elegant style of composition; an elegant speaker; an elegant structure.

(a.) Exercising a nice choice; discriminating beauty or sensitive to beauty; as, elegant taste.

Edited by Eileen

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [1]. Graceful, beautiful, handsome, fine, symmetrical, classical, tasty, tasteful, chaste, neat, well-made, well-proportioned, in good taste.[2]. Polished, refined, accomplished, cultivated, polite, genteel, courtly, fashionable.

Editor: Rodney

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Graceful, lovely, well_formed, well_made, symmetrical, accomplished, polished,refined, handsome

ANT:Inelegant, deformed, unsymmetrical, ill-proportioned, ungraceful, coarse, rude

Editor: Lora

Definition

adj. pleasing to good taste: graceful: neat: refined: nice: richly ornamental.—ns. El′egance El′egancy the state or quality of being elegant: the beauty of propriety: refinement: that which is elegant; Elegante (el-e-gangt′) a lady of fashion.—adv. El′egantly.

Typist: Osborn

Examples

Typist: Osborn

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