All 16 Uses of
elegant
in
Anne Of Green Gables
- It's such a perfectly elegant name.
p. 23.7elegant = refined and tasteful
- Isn't that a perfectly elegant name?
p. 85.8
- We have got our house fixed up elegantly.
p. 89.6elegantly = in a refined and tasteful way
- Oh, Marilla, it's a perfectly elegant brooch.
p. 91.7elegant = refined and tasteful
- She's got a beautiful complexion and curly brown hair and she does it up so elegantly.
p. 103.8 *elegantly = in a refined and tasteful manner
- Oh, we do have such elegant times, Marilla.†
p. 89.3
- Sophia Sloane offered to teach her a perfectly elegant new pattern of knit lace, so nice for trimming aprons.†
p. 129.9
- We had an elegant tea.†
p. 142.5
- They had a "perfectly elegant tea;" and then came the delicious occupation of dressing in Diana's little room upstairs.†
p. 148.1
- I'm sure that piece of the one you made that we had for lunch in Idlewild two weeks ago was perfectly elegant.†
p. 168.6
- "Mrs. Barry had HER table decorated," said Anne, who was not entirely guiltless of the wisdom of the serpent, "and the minister paid her an elegant compliment.†
p. 169.9
- We had an elegant tea, and I think I kept all the rules of etiquette pretty well.†
p. 176.4
- Your solo was perfectly elegant, Diana.†
p. 198.2
- Your new hat is elegant, Diana, and so becoming.†
p. 225.7
- It was an elegant room, Marilla, but somehow sleeping in a spare room isn't what I used to think it was.†
p. 228.8
- Wouldn't we have a perfectly elegant time?†
p. 251.4
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