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
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How to use elegant in a sentence
If you’d rather serve individual pies, try this elegant option that jettisons pastry on top for thinly sliced sweet potatoes.
Vegetarian and vegan main dishes to anchor your Thanksgiving menu | Becky Krystal, Kari Sonde | November 20, 2020 | Washington PostSource BOOTLEGGER COFFEE COMPANYThe elegant — and delicious — Kirstenbosch.
Phillips has a dash of gray and Wareham has a splash of it, and both wear stylish warm-weather clothes, elegant but not fussy.
Your husband has an elegant solution — it shows you value her, want her to join you and understand she might want to opt out of the noise.
Carolyn Hax: To summarize, you want to exclude her because she’s disabled? | Carolyn Hax | October 29, 2020 | Washington PostTheorists have proposed that such arrangements could be an elegant way to generate diverse ecosystems by preventing any one species from outcompeting the rest.
A Physicist’s Approach to Biology Brings Ecological Insights | Gabriel Popkin | October 13, 2020 | Quanta Magazine
Most critically, the split perspectives of Noah and Alison need to marry more elegantly.
What On Earth Is ‘The Affair’ About? Season One’s Baffling Finale | Tim Teeman | December 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIf anything, it would lose money gently, elegantly, hopefully not very much at one time.
The Bookstore That Bewitched Mick Jagger, John Lennon, and Greta Garbo | Felice Picano | December 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLong wisps fall across her forehead as she sits very straight on her stool, her narrow shoulder blades drawn back elegantly.
The Stacks: The Searing Story of How Murder Stalked a Tiny New York Town | E. Jean Carroll | April 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn this elegantly crafted debut, Hauser wields the metaphor of a strained river with care.
Data-moshing is elegantly used in this clip and clever editing and effects surround this video throughout.
Miley Cyrus, Bruno Mars & More Best Music Videos of the Week (VIDEO) | Jean Trinh | June 22, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIt consisted of a sitting-room and bed-room merely, but was very comfortably and elegantly fitted up.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida PfeifferIn company with the young prince we proceeded to the front square of the palace, where elegantly ornamented elephants stood ready.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida PfeifferMolire wanted nothing but to avoid the vulgar tongue and barbarisms and to write elegantly.75 What fire!
The 'Characters' of Jean de La Bruyre | Jean de La BruyreTo be gracefully and elegantly attired, in short, is secondary to the desire to be a sort of jeweler's walking show-card.
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness | Florence HartleyMademoiselle Marthe eats elegantly, without any ado or any noise, just like a grown-up lady.
Child Life In Town And Country | Anatole France
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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