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Elegant

Very choice, and hence, pleasing to good taste; characterized by grace, propriety, and refinement, and the absence of every thing offensive; exciting admiration and approbation by symmetry, completeness, freedom from blemish, and the like; graceful; tasteful and highly attractive; as, elegant manners; elegant style of composition; an elegant speaker; an elegant structure.

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Dandified 84% connected

Made up like a dandy; having the dress or manners of a dandy; buckish.

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Dandified 84% connected

Made up like a dandy; having the dress or manners of a dandy; buckish.

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Dandyish 84% connected

Like a dandy.

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Dandyish 84% connected

Like a dandy.

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Exquisite 84% connected

Carefully selected or sought out; hence, of distinguishing and surpassing quality; exceedingly nice; delightfully excellent; giving rare satisfaction…

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Exquisite 84% connected

Carefully selected or sought out; hence, of distinguishing and surpassing quality; exceedingly nice; delightfully excellent; giving rare satisfaction…

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Fine 84% connected

Finished; brought to perfection; refined; hence, free from impurity; excellent; superior; elegant; worthy of admiration; accomplished; beautiful.

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Fine 84% connected

Finished; brought to perfection; refined; hence, free from impurity; excellent; superior; elegant; worthy of admiration; accomplished; beautiful.

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Foppish 84% connected

Foplike; characteristic of a top in dress or manners; making an ostentatious display of gay clothing; affected in manners.

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Foppish 84% connected

Foplike; characteristic of a top in dress or manners; making an ostentatious display of gay clothing; affected in manners.

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Graceful 84% connected

Displaying grace or beauty in form or action; elegant; easy; agreeable in appearance; as, a graceful walk, deportment, speaker, air, act, speech.

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Graceful 84% connected

Displaying grace or beauty in form or action; elegant; easy; agreeable in appearance; as, a graceful walk, deportment, speaker, air, act, speech.

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Gracious 84% connected

Abounding in grace or mercy; manifesting love,. or bestowing mercy; characterized by grace; beneficent; merciful; disposed to show kindness or favor;…

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Gracious 84% connected

Abounding in grace or mercy; manifesting love,. or bestowing mercy; characterized by grace; beneficent; merciful; disposed to show kindness or favor;…

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High-toned 84% connected

High in tone or sound.

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High-toned 84% connected

High in tone or sound.

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Luxe 84% connected

Luxury.

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Luxe 84% connected

Luxury.

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Recherche 84% connected

Sought out with care; choice. Hence: of rare quality, elegance, or attractiveness; peculiar and refined in kind.

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Recherche 84% connected

Sought out with care; choice. Hence: of rare quality, elegance, or attractiveness; peculiar and refined in kind.

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Elegance 74% connected

Alt. of Elegancy

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Elegance 74% connected

Alt. of Elegancy

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Dignified 66% connected

Marked with dignity; stately; as, a dignified judge.

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Dignified 66% connected

Marked with dignity; stately; as, a dignified judge.

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Graceful 66% connected

Displaying grace or beauty in form or action; elegant; easy; agreeable in appearance; as, a graceful walk, deportment, speaker, air, act, speech.

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Graceful 66% connected

Displaying grace or beauty in form or action; elegant; easy; agreeable in appearance; as, a graceful walk, deportment, speaker, air, act, speech.

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Tasteful 66% connected

Having a high relish; savory.

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Tasteful 66% connected

Having a high relish; savory.

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Synonym 2

Graceful 92% connected

Displaying grace or beauty in form or action; elegant; easy; agreeable in appearance; as, a graceful walk, deportment, speaker, air, act, speech.

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Refined 92% connected

of Refine

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Antonym 2

Inelegant 94% connected

Not elegant; deficient in beauty, polish, refinement, grave, or ornament; wanting in anything which correct taste requires.

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Inelegant 94% connected

Not elegant; deficient in beauty, polish, refinement, grave, or ornament; wanting in anything which correct taste requires.

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