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tastefully

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adv

Meaning 1

In a tasteful manner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: untastefully

Broader terms: appropriately, properly, nicely, approvably

2

adverb

Meaning 2

with taste; in a tasteful manner

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the house was tastefully decorated

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tastily

Antonyms: tastelessly

History

Etymology

Etymology tree 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.