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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 meaningsnoun
Grace, refinement, and beauty in movement, appearance, or manners.
“The bride was elegance personified.”
Restraint and grace of style.
“The simple dress had a quiet elegance.”
The beauty of an idea characterized by minimalism and intuitiveness while preserving exactness and precision.
“The proof of the theorem had a pleasing elegance.”
A refined quality of gracefulness and good taste
“she conveys an aura of elegance and gentility”
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)
datedA refinement or luxury.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).