esthetical
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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.
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May not the contemplative, medieval, monastic ideal be esthetical, and not religious nor even ethical?
From Tragic Sense Of Life by Flitch, J. E. Crawford (John Ernest Crawford)
In the home and for home building is needed that ethical, philosophical, and esthetical training that belongs to the higher education.
From The Educated Negro and His Mission The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers No. 8 by Scarborough, W. S. (William Sanders)
They are conditioned by their esthetical faculty, and encouraged by the circumstances of their life to feel and express the whole gamut of emotional experience.
From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion by Ellis, Havelock
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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