English-Dutch translations for elegance

• elegantie
  In het verslag van de heer von Wogau wordt dit plechtige karakter met eenvoud en elegantie onderstreept. And the von Wogau report underlines that solemnity with elegance and simplicity.
  Mijnheer Maystadt, bij de vervulling van uw rol legt u niet alleen veel competentie, warmte, vastberadenheid en moed aan de dag, maar ook wijsheid en, in mijn ogen, elegantie. You carry out your role, Mr Maystadt, with a great deal of competence, warmth, determination and courage, but also with wisdom and, I would add, with elegance.

Definition of elegance

• Grace, refinement, and beauty in movement, appearance, or manners
• Restraint and grace of style
• The beauty of an idea characterized by minimalism and intuitiveness while preserving exactness and precision
• A refinement or luxury

Examples

• The bride was elegance personified
• The simple dress had a quiet elegance
• The proof of the theorem had a pleasing elegance

Related words

• elegant
• elegantly
• inelegant
• unelegant
• inelegantly
• inelegance
• elegancy
• eleganter
• Elegant Crested Tinamou