elegante
elegant ; glamorous ; dashing ; genteel ; graceful ; gracious ; chic ; polished ; stylish ; dainty ; gourmet ; glam ; voguish ; dapper ; swish ; chicly ; rakish ; classy ; fancy .
A modern comfortable library could look like that in Berlin's Tiergarten, with its opne-air gardens, or resemble Evanston's library with its comfortable chairs and elegant (and, one hopes, safe) fireplaces.
Service is perhaps not a very glamorous concept, but we are nevertheless a service profession = Service is perhaps not a very glamorous concept, but we are nevertheless a service profession.
Some unfortunate children grow up as readers of James Bond, of dashing thrillers and the blood-and-guts of crude war stories.
The stereotype of the governess as exemplified in Jane Eyre - intelligent, restrained, soberly clad - was the predecessor of the librarian as an occupation in which the women of the period, the 'guardians of morality' could find genteel employment.
The author who can vary his terminology to maintain the reader's interest is a handicap to the indexer, who is more concerned with the ideas conveyed than with the niceties of a graceful literary style.
It will be necessary to be gracious when accepting what seem to be peripheral assignments from a company vice president.
From the chic Princes Square and the monumental St Enoch Centre to the magnificent Buchanan Galleries, shopping is an essential part of the Glasgow experience.
The consolidation of abstracts into a polished bulletin or list is usually the responsibility of information staff.
A number of innovative initiatives have resulted in stylish new public libraries.
They then went to a rather dainty little Italian restaurant where they ate a scrumptious meal and drank a bottle of wine.
Several hundred fans noshed on gourmet sandwiches, pizza, pasta and fancy chips and dips.
Ponytails are becoming glam, says the New York Times.
Wearing a wedding gown from a charity shop is very voguish right now.
He was looking very dapper in a pinstripe suit and tie, for some reason not sweaty and gross like everyone else.
The entrance to the hotel is very swish and the rooms although small very well maintained and clean.
Cars are nose to tail, buyers elbow their way through the crowd, having no idea, that shopping in the unique city of Venice is as chicly as in Milan.
He looks rakish, wearing a cap and looking right at the camera.
Made from stainless steel, this soup tureen will look the part on any classy buffet line.
This kind of research, whether on processes of cataloging, acquisitions, or whatnot, should produce results to show that, with due respect to all the fancy mathematics, the specific arts of cataloging, acquisitions, or whatnot are being done as well as can be expected.
de un modo elegante
elegantly
Some are elegantly bound but others will surely not stand up to the wear and tear of everyday use.
poco elegante
inelegant
awkward
dowdy [dowdier -comp., dowdiest -sup.]
An interesting compromise is to use a Uniterm system to start with, transferring to peek-a-boo when, using an inelegant but expressive phrase, the 'bugs' have been ironed out.
Access is impaired by archaic, awkward, or simply strange headings that most normal persons would never look for on their first try.
This article shows how the dowdy and boring image of the stereotypical librarian as presented in fiction, taints the portrayal of all who work in libraries.
vida elegante
gracious living
However his attempt to raise tithes to pay for his gracious living led to his hurried departure in 1828.
