All 3 Uses of
elegant
in
Wuthering Heights
- 'I'm not envious: I never feel hurt at the brightness of Isabella's yellow hair and the whiteness of her skin, at her dainty elegance, and the fondness all the family exhibit for her.†
Chpt 10 *elegance = the quality of being refined and tasteful
- Wait till I get hold of those elegant locks — see if I won't pull them a bit longer!'†
Chpt 7
- ' "You'd better open the door, you — " he answered, addressing me by some elegant term that I don't care to repeat.†
Chpt 17
Definitions:
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(1)
(elegant as in: an elegant gown) refined and tasteful in appearance, behavior or style
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(2)
(elegant as in: as elegant equation) a solution that is simpler (and often more comprehensive) than most would anticipate