All 6 Uses of
elegant
in
The Death of Ivan Ilych
- Schwartz's face with his Piccadilly whiskers, and his slim figure in evening dress, had as usual an air of elegant solemnity which contrasted with the playfulness of his character and had a special piquancy here, or so it seemed to Peter Ivanovich.†
Chpt 1
- The mere sight of that playful, well-groomed, and elegant figure refreshed Peter Ivanovich.†
Chpt 1
- In the province he had an affair with a lady who made advances to the elegant young lawyer, and there was also a milliner; and there were carousals with aides-de-camp who visited the district, and after-supper visits to a certain outlying street of doubtful reputation; and there was too some obsequiousness to his chief and even to his chief's wife, but all this was done with such a tone of good breeding that no hard names could be applied to it.†
Chpt 2
- At the same time, without at all altering the elegance of his toilet, he ceased shaving his chin and allowed his beard to grow as it pleased.†
Chpt 2 *
- He saw what a refined and elegant character, free from vulgarity, it would all have when it was ready.†
Chpt 3
- Conversation sprang up as to the elegance and realism of her acting — the sort of conversation that is always repeated and is always the same.†
Chpt 8
Definition:
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(elegant as in: an elegant gown) refined and tasteful in appearance, behavior or style