iligant

Adjective

elegant (comparative more elegant, superlative most elegant)

1. Characterised by or exhibiting elegance; having grace, refinement, or tasteful simplicity.
   • You could just use ordinary shop-bought kecap manis to marinade the meat, but making your own is easy, has a far more elegant fragrance and is, above all, such a great brag! Flavouring kecap manis is an intensely personal thing, so try this version now and next time cook the sauce down with...2015 October 27, Matt Preston, The Simple Secrets to Cooking Everything Better, Plum, →ISBN, page 192

   Synonyms:

   classy, graceful, refined, dressy

   Antonyms:

   inelegant, clumsy

2. Characterised by minimalism and intuitiveness while preserving exactness and precision.
   • an elegant solution

   Synonyms:

   neat

   Antonyms:

   inelegant, sloppy, haphazard

3. (Ireland, archaic, colloquial) Fine; doing well.
   • 'An' how are ye, Jemmie—how's every inch iv you?' enquired Moggy of the boy, when his agitation was a little blown over.
     'I'm elegant, thank ye,' he answered; 'an' what's the matther wid ye all? I cum through the kitchen, and seen no one.'1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard

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