soutenu

American

[soot-n-oo, soot^uh-ny] / ˌsut nˈu, sutəˈnü /

adjective

Ballet.

performed in a carefully sustained manner.

Etymology

Origin of soutenu

First recorded in 1930–35; < French: literally, sustained; cf. sustain ( def. ), -ed ² ( def. )

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soutenu

Let no man suppose that it matters little whether the most universally popular of the serious authors of a generation—and Macaulay was nothing less than this—affects style coupé or style soutenu.

From Critical Miscellanies, Volume I (of 3) Essay 4: Macaulay by John Morley

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