esthetical
Americanadjective
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They may very likely enjoy it, for they will see nothing dainty or esthetical in Fancy Free, the surprise hit of Manhattan's booming ballet season.
From Time Magazine Archive
The corporeal nature of man--his complexion, his physiognomy, his stature; the intellectual nature of man--his religious, ethical, and esthetical ideas are all modified by his surroundings.
From Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles by Cocker, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin)
The longer this continues, the more does his esthetical and ethical feeling become distorted.
From Tolstoy on Shakespeare A Critical Essay on Shakespeare by Chertkov, V. G. (Vladimir Grigorevich)
That temperance is conducive to a refined and esthetical taste.
From The Communistic Societies of the United States From Personal Visit and Observation by Nordhoff, Charles
He is entertained by Mrs. Raffarty, that esthetical lady who is determined to have a little 'taste' of everything at Tusculum.
From The Absentee by Edgeworth, Maria
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