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tastefulness

tastefulness

1 4.5
A sense of good style in clothes, design, or manners
  • noun
  • /ˈteɪstfəl.nəs/
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  • The gallery's exhibition was noted for its tastefulness, showcasing art pieces with elegance and refinement.

Examples

  • Every year, we get plenty of costume dramas and literary adaptations, and while they come in a lot of shapes and sizes, generally they can be reduced to their essential components: flowing gowns, antiquated hairdos, rampant tastefulness.

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  • While I am bored with the Candy & Candy style, it's obvious that a lot of time, thought, and money are underneath the subtlety and tastefulness.

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  • But for once, Wright seems to have figured out how to meld tastefulness with passion.

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  • The motion picture teleplay was respectful and exhibited tastefulness and class.

  • Wright is best known for these types of award-hungry prestige pictures, and even with Anna Karenina he can't fully avoid a certain amount of stodgy tastefulness.

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  • She decorated her home with a tastefulness that reflected her keen sense of style and design.

  • The event was planned with great tastefulness, ensuring every detail contributed to the overall elegance.

Synonyms

beauty
vstastefulness
847 1.0

A combination of qualities like shape and color that pleases the eye

adds the idea that pleasing looks come from thoughtful, tasteful selection
taste
vstastefulness
504 4.1

A person's liking for styles, clothes, or art

is the outward elegance that results when such ability guides choices
elegance
vstastefulness
47 3.5

A graceful, stylish way of looking or behaving that shows good taste

focuses more on beauty produced by careful aesthetic choices rather than pure grace
sense of style
vstastefulness
12 3.9

A way of dressing and looking that is attractive and shows your taste

emphasizes general pleasing style and manners rather than only personal expression
refinement
vstastefulness
10 5.9

A polished, elegant way of acting that shows good taste

highlights visible attractiveness that results from selecting pleasing design or manners
exquisite taste
vstastefulness
4 5.5

Skill in choosing and enjoying very beautiful or high quality things like art

is the visible result of such choices rather than the ability itself
urbanity
vstastefulness
  • Formal
1 7.9

A polite, calm, and stylish way of behaving common in cities

is more general, applying to aesthetic choices beyond urban social traits
classiness
vstastefulness
1 4.1

A quality of being elegant, stylish, and showing good taste

stresses attractive appearance coming from good choices rather than social standing
exquisiteness
vstastefulness
1 7.1

A very great beauty shown in delicate detail

is less about delicate perfection and more about pleasing choice and style
stylishness
vstastefulness
1 3.6

A quality of being fashionable and attractive

covers broader good taste beyond current fashions, including manners and design
chicness
vstastefulness
1 6.5

Being stylish and elegant in a simple way

is wider, applying to overall pleasing design and manner, not just fashion
genteelness
vstastefulness
8.5

A polite, graceful way of behaving, speaking, and dressing

is about visual or stylistic beauty shown through good choice rather than only manners
smartness
vstastefulness
3.6

A clean, stylish way of dressing

includes dress but also covers decoration and behaviour showing good choice

Antonyms

Poor style that makes people feel uncomfortable

How Tasteful

elegance
47 3.5
tastefulness
1 4.5
refinement
10 5.9

Surface Forms

tastefulness singular

Morphology

tastefulness = tasteful (transparent) = taste + ful + ness

Formed by the adjective 'tasteful' + the productive nominalizing suffix '-ness', yielding the quality of being tasteful.

Etymology

Tastefulness comes from the simple word taste, which can mean the sense of flavour or a 'sense of style', plus -ful meaning 'full of' and -ness meaning 'state of'. So, tastefulness is the 'state of being full of taste', which is why it means elegant, good style.