Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a tasteful manner; with good taste.
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- adverb In a
tasteful manner
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- adverb with taste; in a tasteful manner
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Examples
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Atlanta Review – German poetryThe Spring/Summer 2009 issue of the Atlanta Review with the international feature on Germany which I guest-edited is out now and available in tastefully and competently stocked bookstores or via the AR website.
November « 2009 « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2009
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Atlanta Review – German poetryThe Spring/Summer 2009 issue of the Atlanta Review with the international feature on Germany which I guest-edited is out now and available in tastefully and competently stocked bookstores or via the AR website.
mark terrill | part II germany « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2009
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Friday Harbor Mayor Carrie Lacher said a Subway in town could be done "tastefully" - she wasn't punning - and said it's not fair to pick and choose which franchises should be allowed to operate in town, particularly if they meet zoning requirements.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Local News By RICHARD WALKER / JOURNAL OF THE SAN JUANS 2010
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“In six months, yes?” she said, with each word tastefully seasoned by her accent—not annoying or untranslatable, rather soothing and mesmerizing.
Destined Patricia Haley 2010
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You are what I would classify as tastefully dabbling in reality television.
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Don't let the glass door with your name tastefully stenciled on it hit you in the rump on the way out ... "
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Except for the miner's hip boots, which he wore, he was rather handsomely dressed, and would have been called tastefully so in the betting ring of a metropolitan race-track, where his diamond scarf-pin and ring would have been admired.
Hidden Gold Wilder Anthony
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Paul Verhoeven's Black Book is a brilliant slap in the face to the very idea of "tastefully" dealing with such important issues as the Holocaust or Nazi collaboration.
2/11: Black Book Ed Howard 2008
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Paul Verhoeven's Black Book is a brilliant slap in the face to the very idea of "tastefully" dealing with such important issues as the Holocaust or Nazi collaboration.
Archive 2008-02-01 Ed Howard 2008
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The company operates a Web site that publishes professional photos of women -- both scantily clad and "tastefully" nude -- and lets members vote for their favorites.
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