tastefully

English

Etymology

From tasteful +‎ -ly.

Adverb

tastefully (comparative more tastefully, superlative most tastefully)

1. In a tasteful manner.

   Antonym: untastefully

   Hypernyms: appropriately, properly; nicely, approvably

   • 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, chapter I, in The House Behind the Cedars:

     He could see that she was tastefully, though not richly, dressed, and that she walked with an elastic step that revealed a light heart and the vigor of perfect health. Her face, of course, he could not analyze, since he had caught only the one brief but convincing glimpse of it.

   • 1961 February, “New "Mini-Buffets" from Wolverton”, in Trains Illustrated, page 79:

     Passenger saloons are tastefully furnished with wood veneer and partitions, mottled grey Vyanide walls, pale primrose ceilings and grey floor.

Related terms

• distastefully
• tastily

 

Anagrams

• statefully