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elegance
noun as in cultivated beauty, taste
Strongest matches
charm, delicacy, dignity, gentility, grace, grandeur, luxury, magnificence, nobility, purity, refinement, restraint, sophistication, splendor, style
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breeding, class, courtliness, cultivation, culture, discernment, distinction, exquisiteness, felicity, gracefulness, hauteur, lushness, nicety, noblesse, ornateness, polish, politeness, propriety, rhythm, sumptuousness, symmetry, tastefulness
Weak matches
Example Sentences
A lot of Lu’s reference points — Deftones’ menace, Cocteau Twins’ elegance — date back to more than twice her age.
I secretly loved how the flower craned skyward, never quick to diminish its presence, what I considered its sharp elegance.
“But she was so much more than that character in real life, and I think her elegance, compassion and generosity are finally being shown as part of the same person everyone knew her to be.”
His tone may not be as strong as it once was, and he needed time to warm up at Jacobs, but he brought a controlled elegance and depth to Beethoven.
There was both heft and elegance, a rare combination.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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