All 5 Uses of
elegant
in
Cyrano de Bergerac
- Christian, who is dressed elegantly, but rather behind the fashion, seems preoccupied, and keeps looking at the boxes.†
Act 1elegantly = in a refined and tasteful way
- They recognize and name the different elegantly dressed ladies who enter the boxes, bowing low to them†
Act 1 *
- BELLEROSE (elegantly): My noble lords... THE PIT: No!†
Act 1
- At this moment an elegant nobleman, with blue ribbon across his breast, enters the box, and talks with Roxane, standing.†
Act 1
- CYRANO: True; all my elegances are within.†
Act 1
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