English dictionary
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English noun: elegance | |||
| 1. | elegance (attribute) a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste | ||
| Samples | She conveys an aura of elegance and gentility. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | quality | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | breeding, brilliance, chic, chichi, chicness, class, courtliness, daintiness, dash, delicacy, eclat, elan, fineness, flair, genteelness, gentility, grandeur, grandness, last word, magnificence, modishness, panache, pomp, smartness, splendor, splendour, style, stylishness, swank, tastefulness | ||
| Antonyms | inelegance | ||
| 2. | elegance (attribute) a quality of neatness and ingenious simplicity in the solution of a problem (especially in science or mathematics) | ||
| Samples | The simplicity and elegance of his invention. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | quality | ||
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