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TASTEFULNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tastefulness mean?
• TASTEFULNESS (noun)
The noun TASTEFULNESS has 1 sense:
1. elegance indicated by good taste
Familiarity information: TASTEFULNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Elegance indicated by good taste
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("tastefulness" is a kind of...):
elegance (a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste)
Antonym:
tastelessness (inelegance indicated by a lack of good taste)
Derivation:
tasteful (having or showing or conforming to good taste)
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