Elegant

Quick meaning: Elegant is an adjective meaning Characterised by or exhibiting elegance; having grace, refinement, or tasteful simplicity.

Meaning

Characterised by or exhibiting elegance; having grace, refinement, or tasteful simplicity.

More Meanings

1. Characterised by minimalism and intuitiveness while preserving exactness and precision.
2. (Ireland, colloquial, archaic) Fine; doing well.
3. An elegant parrot.

Example Sentences

an elegant solution

'An' how are ye, Jemmie—how's every inch iv you?' enquired Moggy of the boy, when his agitation was a little blown over. 'I'm elegant, thank ye,' he answered; 'an' what's the matther wid ye all? I cum through the kitchen, and seen no one.'

But if the Aviarist be ambitious to keep the lovely, but destructive, members of the Parrot family, he must be content with grass alone, because Parrakeets (except the weak-billed Turquoisines and Elegants) would destroy the shrubs and trees in a day.

"For myself, because of the baggage of 30 years of balkanisation, I think the elegant solution is to take operations back into the public sector. It will mean you can have a whole-industry approach to running the railway, unencumbered by contractual differences."

Word Forms

• elegants

Synonyms for elegant

Depending on context, synonyms include classy, graceful, refined, dressy, exquisite, gracious.

Antonyms for elegant

Common opposites include inelegant, clumsy, sloppy, haphazard.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include soignee, ritzy, tasteful, graceful, recherche, exquisite.

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