Elegance

Elegance
(Roget's Thesaurus)
<- N
PARAG:Elegance->N
GRP: \\ N \\ 1
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ elegance
elegance
purity
grace
ease
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ gracefulness
gracefulness
readiness
&c.->Adj.
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ concinnity
concinnity
euphony
numerosity
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ Atticism
Atticism
classicalism
classicism
GRP: \\ N \\ 2
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ well rounded periods
well rounded periods
well turned periods
flowing periods
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ the right word in the right place
the right word in the right place
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ antithesis
antithesis
&c. 577
GRP: \\ N \\ 3
Sgm: \\ N \\ 3 \\ 1
???>*
purist
PARAG:Elegance->V
GRP: \\ V \\ 1
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ point an antithesis
point an antithesis
round a period
PARAG:Elegance->Adj
GRP: \\ Adj \\ 1
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ elegant
elegant
polished
classical
Attic
correct
Ciceronian
artistic
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ chaste
chaste
pure
Saxon
academical
GRP: \\ Adj \\ 2
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 2 \\ graceful
graceful
easy
readable
fluent
flowing
tripping
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 2 \\ unaffected
unaffected
natural
unlabored
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 2 \\ mellifluous
mellifluous
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 2 \\ euphonious
euphonious
euphemism
euphemistic
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 2 \\ numerose|
numerose|
rhythmical
GRP: \\ Adj \\ 3
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 3 \\ felicitous
felicitous
happy
neat
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 3 \\ well put
well put
neatly put
well expressed
neatly expressed

English dictionary for students. 2013.

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