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English
Etymology
From tasteful + -ly.
Adverb
tastefully (comparative more tastefully, superlative most tastefully)
- 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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