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Adjectives (12)

adj. showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience; "his polished manner"; "maintained an urbane tone in his letters"

slender, supple, lissome, lissom, lithe, lithesome, sylphlike, sylph-like

adj. moving and bending with ease

Fuzzynyms (87)

elegant, refined, graceful

adj. suggesting taste, ease, and wealth

fine, dainty, exquisite

adj. delicately beautiful; "a dainty teacup"; "an exquisite cameo"

elegant

adj. refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style; "elegant handwriting"; "an elegant dark suit"; "she was elegant to her fingertips"; "small churches with elegant white spires"; "an elegant mathematical solution--simple and precise and lucid"

cosmopolitan, widely distributed

adj. growing or occurring in many parts of the world; "a cosmopolitan herb"; "cosmopolitan in distribution"

pleasing, aesthetic, artistic

adj. aesthetically pleasing; "an artistic flower arrangement"

civilized, polite, cultivated, cultured, genteel

adj. marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society"

refined

adj. (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel; "she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship"; "refined people with refined taste"

neat, refined, tasteful

adj. free from what is tawdry or unbecoming; "a neat style"; "a neat set of rules"; "she hated to have her neat plans upset"

exquisite, recherche

adj. lavishly elegant and refined

glorious, magnificent, resplendent, splendid, splendiferous

adj. having great beauty and splendor; "a glorious spring morning"; "a glorious sunset"; "splendid costumes"; "a kind of splendiferous native simplicity"

courtly, elegant, formal, stately

adj. refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court; "a courtly gentleman"

mannered

adj. having unnatural mannerisms; "brief, mannered and unlifelike idiom"

debonair, debonaire, suave, polished, debonnaire

adj. having a sophisticated charm; "a debonair gentleman"

graceful

adj. characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution

easy

adj. affording pleasure; "easy good looks"

collected, equanimous, poised, self-collected, self-possessed

adj. in full control of your faculties; "the witness remained collected throughout the cross-examination"; "perfectly poised and sure of himself"; "more self-contained and more dependable than many of the early frontiersmen"; "strong and self-possessed in the face of trouble"

skilled

adj. having or showing or requiring special skill; "only the most skilled gymnasts make an Olympic team"; "a skilled surgeon has many years of training and experience"; "a skilled reconstruction of her damaged elbow"; "a skilled trade"

balanced

adj. being in a state of proper balance or equilibrium; "the carefully balanced seesaw"; "a properly balanced symphony orchestra"; "a balanced assessment of intellectual and cultural history"; "a balanced blend of whiskeys"; "the educated man shows a balanced development of all his powers"

in good taste, tasteful

adj. having or showing or conforming to good taste

learned, erudite

adj. having or showing profound knowledge; "a learned jurist"; "an erudite professor"

polished, literary, well-written

adj. knowledgeable about literature; "a literary style"

sophisticated, intellectually appealing

adj. intellectually appealing; "a sophisticated drama"

trim, trig, spruce, smart, neat, well-groomed

adj. of persons

limber, supple

adj. (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable; "a supple mind"; "a limber imagination"

flexible, stretchable, stretchy

adj. capable of being easily stretched and resuming former size or shape

limber, supple

adj. (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely

pliable, pliant, bendable

adj. capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking; "a flexible wire"; "a pliant young tree"

light, quick, agile, nimble, spry

adj. moving quickly and lightly; "sleek and agile as a gymnast"; "as nimble as a deer"; "nimble fingers"; "quick of foot"; "the old dog was so spry it was halfway up the stairs before we could stop it"

energetic

adj. possessing or exerting or displaying energy; "an energetic fund raiser for the college"; "an energetic group of hikers"; "it caused an energetic chemical reaction"

vivacious, vibrant

adj. vigorous and animated; "a vibrant group that challenged the system"; "a charming and vivacious hostess"; "a vivacious folk dance"

vigorous, vehement

adj. characterized by forceful and energetic action or activity; "a vigorous hiker"; "gave her skirt a vigorous shake"; "a vigorous campaign"; "a vigorous foreign policy"; "vigorous opposition to the war"

vital, energetic, full of life

adj. full of spirit; "a dynamic full of life woman"; "a vital and charismatic leader"; "this whole lively world"

agile, nimble

adj. mentally quick; "an agile mind"; "nimble wits"

Synonyms (18)

advanced, highly-developed

adj. ahead in development; complex or intricate; "advanced technology"; "a sophisticated electronic control system"

knowing, blase, worldly

adj. very sophisticated especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world; "the blase traveler refers to the ocean he has crossed as `the pond'"; "the benefits of his worldly wisdom"

intelligent, well-informed

adj. possessing sound knowledge; "well-informed readers"

deft

adj. skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands; "a deft waiter"; "deft fingers massaged her face"; "dexterous of hand and inventive of mind"

elegant

adj. displaying effortless beauty and simplicity in movement or execution; "an elegant dancer"; "an elegant mathematical solution -- simple and precise"

smooth, liquid, flowing, fluid, fluent

adj. smooth and unconstrained in movement; "a long, smooth stride"; "the fluid motion of a cat"; "the liquid grace of a ballerina"

fluent

adj. smooth and unconstrained in movement; "a long, smooth stride"; "the fluid motion of a cat"; "the liquid grace of a ballerina"

gainly

adj. graceful and pleasing; "gainly conduct"; "a gainly youth with dark hair and eyes"

gracile, willowy

adj. slender and graceful

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