ELEGANCE

Elegance

Elegance is a synonym for beautiful that has come to acquire the additional connotations of unusual effectiveness and simplicity. It is frequently used as a standard of tastefulness particularly in the areas of visual design, decoration, the sciences, and the aesthetics of mathematics. Elegant things exhibit refined grace and dignified propriety.

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elegance

Noun

  1. Grace, refinement, and beauty in movement, appearance, or manners
    The bride was elegance personified.
  2. Restraint and grace of style
    The simple dress had a quiet elegance.
  3. The beauty of an idea characterized by minimalism and intuitiveness while preserving exactness and precision
    The proof of the theorem had a pleasing elegance.
  4. A refinement or luxury


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