as in elegancy
dignified or restrained beauty of form, appearance, or style
the elegance of the hotel's French furnishings
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Recent Examples of elegance
Brands who layer elegance with ethics are cutting through.
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Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
The sport requires a combination of elegance and toughness as a team of eight girls wear long gowns, perfectly matching accessories and impeccable makeup while riding horses around an arena.
—Daniel Eduardo Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
Burgundy whites are almost always 100% Chardonnay, known for their elegance and complexity.
—Emily Price, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Here, eight settee styles that channel elegance without stuffiness.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 16 Apr. 2025
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Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
The sport requires a combination of elegance and toughness as a team of eight girls wear long gowns, perfectly matching accessories and impeccable makeup while riding horses around an arena.
—Daniel Eduardo Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
Burgundy whites are almost always 100% Chardonnay, known for their elegance and complexity.
—Emily Price, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Here, eight settee styles that channel elegance without stuffiness.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 16 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elegance
Noun
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What’s most important is to take it all in: the place, its majesty and its importance.—
Caroline Eubanks,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Apr. 2025
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Her majesty, the queen, is here.—
Jack Howland,
Kansas City Star,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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This human-machine collaboration involves an extensive back and forth, along with careful editing and refinement, a process that can take weeks.—
Leslie Katz,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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The bespectacled, bookish Bonhoeffer was a man of refinement whose natural reserve could be interpreted as arrogance, says Marsh, the biographer.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
13 Apr. 2025
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“Elegance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elegance. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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