elegant
[ el-i-guhnt ]
/ ˈɛl ɪ gənt /
adjective
tastefully fine or luxurious in dress, style, design, etc.: elegant furnishings.
gracefully refined and dignified, as in tastes, habits, or literary style: an elegant young gentleman; an elegant prosodist.
graceful in form or movement: an elegant wave of the hand.
appropriate to refined taste: a man devoted to elegant pursuits.
excellent; fine; superior: an absolutely elegant wine.
(of scientific, technical, or mathematical theories, solutions, etc.) gracefully concise and simple; admirably succinct.
Origin of elegant
synonym study for elegant
1. See
fine1.
OTHER WORDS FROM elegant
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH elegant
elegant eloquentWords nearby elegant
electuary,
eledoisin,
eleemosynary,
elegance,
elegancy,
elegant,
elegiac,
elegiac couplet,
elegiac pentameter,
elegiac stanza,
elegist
Example sentences from the Web for elegantly
British Dictionary definitions for elegantly
elegant
/ (ˈɛlɪɡənt) /
adjective
tasteful in dress, style, or design
dignified and graceful in appearance, behaviour, etc
cleverly simple; ingenious
an elegant solution to a problem
Derived forms of elegant
elegantly, adverbWord Origin for elegant
C16: from Latin
ēlegāns tasteful, related to
ēligere to select; see
elect