elegant
adjective
tastefully fine or luxurious in dress, style, design, etc..
elegantly
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a word derived from
elegant.
Example Sentences
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Moments before the break, prop Luke Yates pirouetted elegantly past Cooper Jenkins to slide in next to the sticks as Irwin levelled the scores with the boot as half-time approached.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
Its front has the look of a male torso and bears a peg box topped off with an elegantly carved male face.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
As Maxine, an American director who’s traveled to Paris to complete a short film that will play before a high-concept fashion show in the coming days, Jolie elegantly moves between these two sensations.
From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2026
More elegantly, in a climactic moment, he finally plays the piano — a possession and an exorcism at the same time and an explosion of raw talent that says everything he cannot.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
And then, speaking gravely and elegantly into the telephone, I ask the telephone operators to connect me with this friend or that one, from whom I have not heard in years.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
