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[ adjective ] delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
Examples "a beautiful child" "beautiful country" "a beautiful painting" "a beautiful theory" "a beautiful party" Used in print (St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)With the speed and power of the body beautiful he saw before him , Ol_'_Case wanted No. 7 to be not_only the best homerun hitter , but also the best bunter , base-runner and outfielder . (Chicago Daily Tribune...)More_than a beautiful visualization of the illustrious adventures and escapades of the tragi-comic knight-errant and his squire , Sancho_Panza , in seventeenth century Spain , this inevitably abbreviated rendering of the classic satire on chivalry is an affectingly warm and human exposition of character . (Organic Gardening and Farming,...)The most beautiful bed of pansies I 've seen was in a South_Dakota yard on a sizzling day . One year I simply set the plants in the remains of a compost pile , to which a_little sand had been added , and I had the most beautiful pansies in my , or any of my neighbors ' experience . (High Fidelity, 11:10...)Telefunken has accorded him beautiful sound , and this bargain-priced disc ( it sells for $ 2.98 ) is worthy of consideration . |
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[ adjective ] aesthetically pleasing
Used in print (Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)Well stretched , trained in posture and coordinated movement , and wedded to rhythm , they presented the audiences in Rome with one of the most beautiful sights ever seen at any Olympic contest . (W. E. B. DuBois, Worlds of Color....)To most of those who composed the Amen_corner it was a magnificent and beautiful experience , something for which they lived from week to week . Related terms |
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