adjective
definition
Characterised by or exhibiting elegance.
definition
Characterised by minimalism and intuitiveness while preserving exactness and precision.
example
an elegant solution
definition
Fine; doing well.
Examples of elegant in a Sentence
And then he stepped forward, looking elegant in a dark tuxedo.
He looked so elegant — so sophisticated.
He looked elegant in a light gray suit that accentuated his dark tan.
He was so elegant in a suit and so masculine in western attire.
They were a handsome couple, the elegant woman's hair so fine and blonde it resembled white silk.
Natasha turned her pretty little head toward the elegant young officer and smiled at him over her bare shoulder.
He looked so elegant in that suit, and yet he moved as if the horse were part of him.
That goes for the closed doors of people's minds and thoughts as well as their elegant houses.
The facility was clean and elegant with crisp light emanating from glowing orbs on the walls.
The whole arrangement is elegant and ingenious.
She was surprised to see three people within, none of whom looked like they fit in the refined, elegant spaces of the parlor.
Ensconced lights glowed in the midday, and antique furniture, rare paintings, elegant marble sculptures befitting a museum, silk Persian rugs underfoot, and many other priceless displays of prestige lined the wide hall.
The dining room is romantic and elegant, highlighted by a fireplace that is cozy in the winter.
I wasn't expecting someone so elegant.
She had changed her gown for a house dress as fresh and elegant as the other.
Some species have rather elegant blossoms, known to the settlers as " wattle."
The light and elegant tower (Torre del Mangla) soaring from one side of the palace was begun in 1338 and finished after 1348, and the chapel standing at its foot, raised at the expense of the Opera del Duomo as a public thank-offering after the plague of 1348, begun in 1352 and completed in 1376.
Their craftsmanship is proved by the large cinerary urns, by the jugs with wide, deeply ribbed, scientifically fixed handles, and by vessels and vases as elegant in form and light in weight as any that have been since produced at Murano.
Leo was dignified in appearance and elegant in speech, manners and writing.
This fact naturally led to his crediting himself with many discoveries which he afterwards found had been already established, often by more direct and elegant processes than his own.
He was that absent-minded crank, a grand seigneur husband who was in no one's way, and far from spoiling the high tone and general impression of the drawing room, he served, by the contrast he presented to her, as an advantageous background to his elegant and tactful wife.
Bordeaux lowered the glasses and shrugged in a way that was both elegant and masculine.
Instead of reading Aristotle and other naturalists, people went for information to commonplace books like those of Aelian, in which scraps of folk-lore, travellers' tales and fragments of misapprehended science were set forth in an elegant style.
The Scotch collie is lighter and more elegant, and has a sharper muzzle.
The vases made by him are as elegant in form as the best of the Cinquecento period, but may perhaps be distinguished by the superior purity and brilliancy of the glass.
They also add an elegant, feminine touch to a bedroom or dressing area.
The furniture style is somewhat eclectic but very elegant.
The atmosphere is elegant and the dress code is casual.
The hotel is well known for its club-like atmosphere on the bar side of the building and for the elegant catering that has made many weddings and parties so memorable.
The classic, white-linen dining room is elegant, service is impeccable, and the steaks--hand-selected, aged and grilled to perfection--are the best you'll ever sink your teeth into.
The color scheme was simple, but was turning out elegant the way the women worked with it.
He also showed that every equation of an even degree must have at least one real quadratic factor, reduced the solution of linear differential equations to definite integrals, and furnished an elegant method by which the linear partial differential equation of the second order might be solved.
They entered the elegant, newly decorated, and luxurious dining room.
The sink is a good place to start when you're trying to turn your bathroom into something elegant.
These are all components of a very elegant bathroom and are found often in new construction.
The restaurant's atmosphere is elegant, and understated, with quiet but efficient service.
This fine dining establishment offers a casually elegant ambiance and wine selection to please the most discerning sommelier.
The atmosphere and style is elegant and yet casual with leather seats, wood tables and white tablecloths.
The Letters are brilliantly written - full of elegant wisdom, of keen wit, of admirable portrait-painting, of exquisite observation and deduction.
Before the English visit Voltaire had been an elegant trifler, an adept in the forms of literature popular in French society, a sort of superior Dorat or Boufflers of earlier growth.
It was more fully developed in his Traite des fluides, published in 1744, in which he gave simple and elegant solutions of problems relating to the equilibrium and motion of fluids.
The body-wall is extensively calcified in the Cyclostomata and in most Cheilostomata, which may form elegant network-like colonies, as in the unilaminar genus Retepora, or may consist of wavy anastomosing plates, as in the bilaminar Lepralia foliacea of the British coasts, specimens of which may have a diameter of many inches.
The style is singularly elegant, and the contents of the second part possess a unique and lasting interest.
The weasel is an elegant little animal, with elongated slender body, back much arched, head small and flattened, ears short and rounded, neck long and flexible, limbs short, five toes on each foot, all with sharp, com - pressed, curved claws, tail rather short, slender, cylindrical, and pointed at the tip, and fur short and close.
Another common style of wood furniture is the Adirondack style, which grew up around the elegant lodge homes that dot New York's Adirondack Mountains.
Naperville is known for its historic district, filled with elegant Victorian homes, such as the one pictured above.
Their past work includes everything from fanciful children's rooms to elegant entryways.
Whether the pieces are casually sturdy or formally elegant, they are generally substantial in feel and scale.
For a more elegant look, some modern rooms utilize furniture that is influenced by movements like Art Deco and Art Nouveau, along with Asian and post-modern designs.
A sleek, gleaming sword is one of the most elegant and striking medieval images.