de luxe
Britishadjective
adverb
Etymology
Origin of de luxe
C19: from French, literally: of luxury
Example Sentences
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And of course Celia Sinclair Thornqvist sealed the deal over a cup of tea in the elegant salon de luxe.
From BBC • Jan. 11, 2024
This season, it was minimalism de luxe, with a pinch of retro quirkiness.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 7, 2011
With arts cuts looming, we won't see the likes of this sort of de luxe artistic adventure here for a long time, if ever.
From The Guardian • Sep. 25, 2010
The hippie de luxe look that has lingered so long on the runways has been crisped up, making patchwork more an exercise in fabric placement than an emblem of folklore and counter-culture.
From New York Times • Feb. 28, 2010
Moreover, it had taken two whole days, and nights in its journey from Paris, being everywhere shunted aside for the rapides and trains de luxe to pass through.
From Chance in Chains A Story of Monte Carlo by Gull, Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger
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