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Definition
related to beauty or good taste — often referring to one's appreciation of beauty or one's sense of what is beautiful
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beautiful or tasteful
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beautiful or tasteful
- He would coat the ball with slobber, making it exceedingly difficult to pass and catch, and ruining what Mr. Fish referred to as the aesthetics of the game.p. 182.6
- It was meant to lie lengthwise, like a loaf of bread, and it was engraved with the approximate date of my mother's marriage to Dan: JULY 1952 Whether Owen was unsure of the exact date, or whether it would have meant hours more of engraving—or ruined his concept of the aesthetics of the stone—I don't know.p. 125.3
- But the game had no aesthetics that were available to Owen Meany and me; I could not master the spiral pass, and Owen's hand was so small that he refused to throw the ball at all—he only kicked it.p. 182.6
- The aesthetics of the deceased were taken into consideration; the size, shape, and color of the stone were only the rough drafts of the business; Owen wanted to know the tastes of those mourners who would be viewing the gravestone more than once.p. 443.8
There are no more uses of "aesthetic" in A Prayer for Owen Meany.
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