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el·e·gant  (l-gnt)

adj.

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

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin legns, legant-, present participle of *legre, variant of ligere, to select; see elect.]

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ele·gant·ly adv.

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elegant [ˈɛlɪgənt]

adj

1. tasteful in dress, style, or design

2. dignified and graceful in appearance, behaviour, etc.

3. cleverly simple; ingenious an elegant solution to a problem

[from Latin ēlegāns tasteful, related to ēligere to select; see elect]

elegantly  adv

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	elegant - refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style; "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" dignified - having or expressing dignity; especially formality or stateliness in bearing or appearance; "her dignified demeanor"; "the director of the school was a dignified white-haired gentleman" graceful - characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution refined - (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel; "she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship"; "refined people with refined taste" sophisticated - having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire; "sophisticated young socialites"; "a sophisticated audience"; "a sophisticated lifestyle"; "a sophisticated book" tasteful - having or showing or conforming to good taste inelegant - lacking in refinement or grace or good taste
	2.	elegant - suggesting taste, ease, and wealth graceful, refined gracious - characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit; "gracious even to unexpected visitors"; "gracious living"; "he bears insult with gracious good humor"
	3.	elegant - displaying effortless beauty and simplicity in movement or execution; "an elegant dancer"; "an elegant mathematical solution -- simple and precise" graceful - characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution

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elegant

adjective

1. stylish, fine, beautiful, sophisticated, delicate, artistic, handsome, fashionable, refined, cultivated, chic, luxurious, exquisite, nice, discerning, graceful, polished, sumptuous, genteel, choice, tasteful, urbane, courtly, modish, comely, à la mode Patricia looked as beautiful and elegant as always.
stylish plain, ugly, awkward, coarse, clumsy, tasteless, tawdry, undignified, gauche, misshapen, uncouth, unrefined, clunky (informal), inelegant, graceless, ungraceful

2. ingenious, simple, effective, appropriate, clever, neat, apt The poem impressed me with its elegant simplicity.

Translations

elegant [ˈelɪgənt] ADJ

1. (= stylish) [person, clothes, movement] → elegante
she looked very elegant → estaba muy elegante

2. (= polished) [writer, style, writing] → elegante

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elegant [ˈɛlɪgənt] adj

(= stylish) [building] → élégant(e); [person] → élégant(e)

(= clever) [idea] → élégant(e)
an elegant simplicity → une élégante simplicité

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elegant

adj → elegant; style also → gewandt; book → elegant geschrieben; an elegant solution → eine elegante Lösung

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elegant [ˈɛlɪgənt] adj → elegante

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elegant [ˈɛlɪgənt] adj → elegante

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elegant

adj elegant [ˈeligənt]

having or showing stylishness elegant clothes; You look elegant today. elegansie, sierlikheid أنيق، مُتْقَن елегантен elegantní elegant; raffineret; udsøgt elegant κομψός elegante elegantne زیبا؛ خوش طرح elegantti élégant מְהוּדָר सुरुचिपूर्ण elegantan elegáns bergaya myndarlegur; glæsilegur, tígulegur elegante 優雅な 우아한 elegantiškas elegants anggun elegant elegant, smakfull elegancki elegante elegant элегантный elegantný eleganten elegantan elegant สวยงาม şık, zarif 雅致的 вишуканий, елегантний با وقار thanh lịch 雅致的

n elegance

swierig إتْقان، أناقَه елегантност elegance elegance; stilfuldhed die Eleganz κομψότητα elegancia elegants(us) زیبایی؛ ظرافت tyylikkyys élégance הָדָר, פֶּאֶר रमणीयता elegancija elegancia keanggunan glæsileiki eleganza 優雅 우아, 기품 elegancija elegance keanggunan elegantie eleganse, smakfullhet elegancja elegância eleganţă элегантность elegancia prefinjenost elegancija elegans ความงดงาม şıklık, zerafet 高雅，雅致 вишуканість, елегантність نفاست tính thanh lịch 高雅，雅致

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elegant → أنيق elegantní elegant elegant κομψός elegante elegantti élégant elegantan elegante 優雅な 우아한 elegant elegant elegancki elegante элегантный elegant สวยงาม zarif thanh nhã 文雅的