All 8 Uses

elegant
in
Brisingr
(Edited)

Halting before Nasuada, Arya gestured with one elegant finger at Nasuada's wounds.

elegant = graceful and refined
"A most elegant solution," Angela proclaimed, "but who, pray tell, provides the continuous stream of energy needed to maintain this counterspell?"

elegant = simple and effective
It has to be a blade you can wear at all occasions, elegant enough for a coronation and tough enough to fend off a band of Kull.
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elegant = refined and tasteful in appearance
Nor should they, but there are more elegant solutions than yours.
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elegant = simple and effective
Blodhgarm bowed with an elegant gesture.

elegant = graceful and refined
With an elegant motion, Oromis unstoppered the decanter and filled both goblets.
It was a beautiful, deadly weapon, but just by looking at it, Eragon could see that Rhunon had forged Tamerlein for a person with a fighting style different from his own, a style that relied more on cutting and slashing than the faster, more elegant techniques Brom had taught him.

elegant = simple and effective
Eragon watched with amazement as his hands transformed the crude lump of metal into an elegant instrument of war.

Definitions:

(1) (elegant as in: an elegant gown)
refined and tasteful in appearance, behavior or style
(2) (elegant as in: as elegant equation)
a solution that is simpler (and often more comprehensive) than most would anticipate
(3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)