1
[ adjective ] refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style

Examples

"elegant handwriting" "an elegant dark suit" "she was elegant to her fingertips" "small churches with elegant white spires" "an elegant mathematical solution--simple and precise and lucid"

Used in print

(Doris Miles Disney, Mrs. Meeker's Money....)

Promptly at one-thirty he entered Hohlbein and Garth 's elegant suite of offices in Medfield 's newest professional building .

(Morley Callaghan, A Passion in Rome....)

`` I 'll get an elegant pair of thin soled Italian shoes tomorrow , Carla '' .

2
[ adjective ] suggesting taste, ease, and wealth

Synonyms

refined graceful

Related terms

gracious

3
[ adjective ] of seemingly effortless beauty in form or proportion

Related terms

graceful

4
[ adjective ] refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court

Examples

"a courtly gentleman"

Related terms

dignified

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