— elegantly , adv.
/el"i geuhnt/ , adj.
1. tastefully fine or luxurious in dress, style, design, etc.: elegant furnishings.
2. gracefully refined and dignified, as in tastes, habits, or literary style: an elegant young gentleman; an elegant prosodist.
3. graceful in form or movement: an elegant wave of the hand.
4. appropriate to refined taste: a man devoted to elegant pursuits.
5. excellent; fine; superior: an absolutely elegant wine.
6. (of scientific, technical, or mathematical theories, solutions, etc.) gracefully concise and simple; admirably succinct.
[ 1400-50; late ME ( elegant- (s. of elegans ) tasteful, choice, equiv. to eleg- (akin to elig- select; see ELECT) + -ant- -ANT; orig. prp. of lost v. ]
Syn. 1. See fine. 2. polished, courtly.