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# elegance

«elegance» in Mova's school dictionary: **Grace and good taste in the way something looks, moves or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (no plural)

### meaning for a pupil

Grace and good taste in the way something looks, moves or is made. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elegance/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales a dance, a dress or a made thing is praised for its fine style; a rough thing "wants elegance"

### examples

- "It was a little rough; it wanted elegance." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elegance/#x1)
- She moved with great elegance across the floor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elegance/#x2)
- The vase had an elegance that the plain jug lacked. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elegance/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «elegance» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elegance/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.