All 5 Uses of
elegant
in
The Mill on the Floss
- …wife of a poor curate contrives, under all her disadvantages, to dress extremely well, and to have a style of coiffure which requires that her nurse shall occasionally officiate as lady's-maid; when, moreover, her dinner-parties and her drawing-room show that effort at elegance and completeness of appointment to which ordinary women might imagine a large income necessary, it would be unreasonable to expect of her that she should employ a second nurse, or even act as a nurse herself.†
Chpt 2.1 *
- It was not that any harm could be said concerning the vicar of that charming rural parish to which Dorlcote Mill belonged; he was a man of excellent family, an irreproachable bachelor, of elegant pursuits,—had taken honors, and held a fellowship.†
Chpt 4.1
- Comparing herself with elegant, wealthy young ladies, it had not occurred to her that she could produce any effect with her person.†
Chpt 5.1
- "No," said Maggie, "I can do nothing more difficult or more elegant than shirt-making."†
Chpt 6.2
- In fact, the perfect fitness of this ancient building for an admirable modern purpose, that made charity truly elegant, and led through vanity up to the supply of a deficit, was so striking that hardly a person entered the room without exchanging the remark more than once.†
Chpt 6.9
Definition:
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(elegant as in: an elegant gown) refined and tasteful in appearance, behavior or style