tastefulness

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What was shocking about it was its tastefulness, on, for instance, a giant dropped – waist full skirt that contrasted stylishly with a bodice in ultramarine, royal blue and a flash of orange.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 20, 2020

What was shocking about it was its tastefulness, for instance on a giant dropped-waist full skirt that contrasted stylishly with a bodice in ultramarine, royal blue and flash of orange.

From Washington Times • Jan. 20, 2020

The mild warping on 1994’s “Wildflowers” is the very thing that keeps such an expertly understated solo album from sliding into an exercise in tastefulness.

From Washington Post • Oct. 3, 2017

Even today, people believe that the Frenchman was making fun of artistic pretensions and that his work mocked old-fashioned ideas about tastefulness.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2017

The 'burnt district' of Boston was commonplace before the fire; but now there is no commercial district in any city in the world that can surpass it—or perhaps even rival it—in beauty, elegance, and tastefulness.

From Life on the Mississippi, Part 9. by Twain, Mark