tastefully

English

Etymology

tasteful +‎ -ly

Adverb

tastefully (comparative more tastefully, superlative most tastefully)

  1. In a tasteful manner
    • 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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