elegant
tastefully fine or luxurious in dress, style, design, etc.: elegant furnishings.
gracefully refined and dignified, as in tastes, habits, or literary style: an elegant young gentleman; an elegant prosodist.
graceful in form or movement: an elegant wave of the hand.
appropriate to refined taste: a man devoted to elegant pursuits.
excellent; fine; superior: an absolutely elegant wine.
(of scientific, technical, or mathematical theories, solutions, etc.) gracefully concise and simple; admirably succinct.
Origin of elegant
1synonym study For elegant
Other words for elegant
Other words from elegant
- el·e·gant·ly, adverb
- hy·per·el·e·gant, adjective
- hy·per·el·e·gant·ly, adverb
- o·ver·el·e·gant, adjective
- o·ver·el·e·gant·ly, adverb
- su·per·el·e·gant, adjective
- su·per·el·e·gant·ly, adverb
- un·el·e·gant, adjective
- un·el·e·gant·ly, adverb
Words that may be confused with elegant
- elegant , eloquent
Words Nearby elegant
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How to use elegant in a sentence
For me, it doesn’t get much more elegant than being able to get a total-body workout with one tool.
The Gym-Free Pandemic Workout: Kettlebells, Indian Clubs, Sandbags, Oh My! | Eugene Robinson | August 25, 2020 | OzyThe new method skirts the traditional mathematical slog by directly computing “intersection numbers,” which some hope could eventually lead to a more elegant description of the subatomic world.
The Mathematical Structure of Particle Collisions Comes Into View | Charlie Wood | August 20, 2020 | Quanta MagazineHe had been strolling, too, when he had lost track of his surroundings and strayed into a neighborhood of elegant columned houses.
In recent decades it has taken on a more elegant guise, first with physical robots in production plants, and more recently with software automation entering most offices.
The Global Work Crisis: Automation, the Case Against Jobs, and What to Do About It | Peter Xing | August 6, 2020 | Singularity HubIt will be populated by elegant, minimalist 3D-printed smart homes called Minka houses, created by noted geriatrician Bill Thomas.
I did a piece for Elle about the effort to remake her into an elegant presence fashion-wise.
Daphne Merkin on Lena Dunham, Book Criticism, and Self-Examination | Mindy Farabee | December 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt was the last really elegant shop of it kind left in Manhattan.
The Bookstore That Bewitched Mick Jagger, John Lennon, and Greta Garbo | Felice Picano | December 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPerhaps, like Hawking searching for his elegant equation, filmmakers will never find the answer.
They seem to have service for eight of these elegant blue-and-white plates.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut many spirits experts have long lauded Japanese whiskies as formidable—even the most elegant—drams.
Watch Out, Scotland! Japanese Whisky Is on the Rise | Kayleigh Kulp | November 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut it greatly equalizes and strengthens the fingers, and makes your execution smooth and elegant.
Music-Study in Germany | Amy FayMrs. Pell was a very elegant and accomplished woman; her manners were the theme of universal admiration in our neighbourhood.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2) | Charles DickensNeither are there any terraces and verandahs adorned with elegant trellis-work and flowers, as there are in other warm countries.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida PfeifferHe knew that this elegant city, resplendent and glorious in the sheen of the setting sun, would soon be a living hell.
The Red Year | Louis TracyThe snuff-boxes of this period were very elegant and were decorated with elaborate paintings or set with gems.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.
British Dictionary definitions for elegant
/ (ˈɛlɪɡənt) /
tasteful in dress, style, or design
dignified and graceful in appearance, behaviour, etc
cleverly simple; ingenious: an elegant solution to a problem
Origin of elegant
1Derived forms of elegant
- elegantly, adverb
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