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tastefully

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Etymology

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English tasteful
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Proto-West Germanic *-līkē
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English tastefully

    From tasteful + -ly.

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    Adverb

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    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.
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