English dictionary
elegant
/'/E/l/@/g/@/nt/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
adjective
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refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style
ExamplesElegant 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.
Antonyms inelegantSource: WordNet 3.0
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Very choice, and hence, pleasing to good taste; characterized by grace, propriety, and refinement, and the absence of every thing offensive; exciting admiration and approbation by symmetry, completeness, freedom from blemish, and the like; graceful; tasteful and highly attractive; as, <i>elegant</i> manners; <i>elegant</i> style of composition; an <i>elegant</i> speaker; an <i>elegant</i> structure.
Source: webster1913
adjective satellite
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suggesting taste, ease, and wealth
Source: WordNet 3.0
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displaying effortless beauty and simplicity in movement or execution
ExamplesAn elegant dancer.
An elegant mathematical solution -- simple and precise.
Source: WordNet 3.0