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elegance

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As a noun, elegance means grace, refinement, and beauty in movement, appearance, or manners.

Meanings of elegance

6 meanings

noun

  1. Grace, refinement, and beauty in movement, appearance, or manners.

    “The bride was elegance personified.”

  2. Restraint and grace of style.

    “The simple dress had a quiet elegance.”

  3. The beauty of an idea characterized by minimalism and intuitiveness while preserving exactness and precision.

    “The proof of the theorem had a pleasing elegance.”

  4. A refined quality of gracefulness and good taste

    “she conveys an aura of elegance and gentility”

  5. A quality of neatness and ingenious simplicity in the solution of a problem (especially in science or mathematics)

    “the simplicity and elegance of his invention”

Older and rare meanings (1)
  1. datedA refinement or luxury.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

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