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elegancy

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el·e·gan·cy  (l-gn-s)
n. pl. el·e·gan·cies
Elegance or an instance of it.
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But yet, since princes will have such things, it is better they should be graced with elegancy, than daubed with cost.
The Essays by Bacon, Sir Francis View in context
In her last scene, at Maryland and Virginia, many pleasant things happened, which makes that part of her life very agreeable, but they are not told with the same elegancy as those accounted for by herself; so it is still to the more advantage that we break off here.
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But he loves it for its elegancy, not for its austerity.
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