elegant

Pluralelegants

1. 1
   adjective

   Beautiful in a simple and stylish way, without anything extra.

   Like a swan moving across the water: smooth and lovely to watch.

   She wore an elegant black dress to the wedding.

   The hotel lobby looked elegant, with soft lights and fresh flowers.

   Similargraceful, refined, stylish, sophisticated, tasteful

   Oppositeinelegant, clumsy, tasteless

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2. 2
   adjective

   Simple and easy to understand, but still exact and correct.

   Like a recipe with only three steps that still makes a perfect cake.

   The teacher showed an elegant way to solve the problem in only two steps.

   Her plan was elegant: short, clear, and it worked perfectly.

   Similarneat, simple, clean, ingenious

   Oppositeclumsy, convoluted, cumbersome

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3. 3
   nouncountable

   A small Australian parrot with yellow-green feathers and a blue stripe above its beak.

   The pet shop had a young male elegant for sale, with a bright blue band on its head.

   At the zoo, the children watched an elegant sitting high in a gum tree.

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