elegant
adjectiveadjektivelegant · smart, stylish, well-dressed · neat, deft (of a solution or move)
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gjennom fransk; fra latin elegans ‘utvelgende’ through French; from Latin elegans 'selecting'Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk
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smakfulltasteful, stiligstylish · smart, elegant, velkledd
tastefulsmakfull, stylishstilig, well-dressed
- være elegant i tøyet to be smartly dressed
- en elegant herre an elegant gentleman
brukt som adverb: used as an adverb:- kle seg elegant to dress elegantly
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lekende, letteasy · light (in weight) · slight, slightly
playful, lightlett
- i elegant stil in elegant style
- innredningen var en elegant løsning the interior design was an elegant solution
brukt som adverb: used as an adverb:- hoppe elegant over alle innvendinger to skip elegantly over all objections