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élégant — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • elegant adj Graceful and stylish in appearance or manner.
  • natty adj Smart, neat, and stylishly dressed.
  • neat adj Tidy and orderly; clean in appearance.
  • smart adjective Intelligent; quick to learn or understand.
  • stylish adj Fashionable and elegant in appearance or manner.
  • tasty adj Having a good, enjoyable flavour.

Senses

élégant is used for these senses in English:

  • elegant Characterised by or exhibiting elegance.
  • natty (informal) Smart and fashionable. [from late 18th c.]
  • neat Having a simple elegance or style; clean, trim, tidy, tasteful.
  • smart Good-looking; well dressed; fine; fashionable.
  • stylish Having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress.
  • tasty (obsolete) Having or showing good taste; tasteful.

elegant — full definition

  1. adj Graceful and stylish in appearance or manner.
  2. adj Neatly and cleverly simple, especially describing a solution or idea.

natty — full definition

  1. adj Smart, neat, and stylishly dressed.
  2. adj Slang: natural, meaning not enhanced by steroids or other performance drugs (common in bodybuilding and fitness culture).

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