elegancies
Example Sentences
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He consorted with English lords, rode to hounds, learned to love foppery and all the elegancies, became a past master of dancing, of gambling, polite drinking and exquisite flirtation.
From Time Magazine Archive
Speeches were always in order—the smooth elegancies of a Davis, the high-flown outpourings of a Harvey, the salty blasts of a Dawes.
From Time Magazine Archive
There were no elegancies at their table—that too was borne in upon her along with the other disturbing things.
From Rose of Dutcher's Coolly by Garland, Hamlin
He made great use of such expressions as the fire of passion, the loss of will power, perfumed breath, palpitations of the heart, and other like elegancies, all sure of hitting the mark.
From The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel by Palacio Vald?s, Armando
He has been especially careful to avoid imitating the French and the elegancies of "that ceremonious nation."
From The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare by Jusserand, J. J.
