Definition of "elegant" []

• Characterized by or exhibiting refined, tasteful beauty of manner, form, or style. See Synonyms at delicate. (adjective)

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• ""Nope; Nelly's an elegant name -- an _elegant_ name.""
• "Rad Hourani, a Syrian-born self-made designer who grew up in Quebec, also received attention last week with what he describes as his elegant "slick, modern, long, layered, timeless, genderless, seasonless" style."
• "Page 74 are made to excel in that department which lies between the sensuous and the intellectual -- what we call the elegant arts."