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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : stahyl
Phonetic Transcription : staɪl



Definition of style

Origin :
  • c.1300, stile, "designation, title, manner or mode of expression," from Old French estile "a stake, pale," from Latin stilus "stake, instrument for writing, manner of writing, mode of expression," from PIE *sti-lo-, from root *sti- "point, prick, pierce" (see stick (v.)). Spelling modified by influence of Greek stylos "pillar." Meaning "mode or fashion of life" is from 1770; that of "mode of dress" is from 1814.
  • noun fashion, manner
  • noun fashionableness
  • noun way of speaking, writing, expressing oneself
  • verb name, title
Example sentences :
  • Both rooms were large and furnished in a style that had been supremely luxurious in 1878.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Thoroughbred is the word for her, style and action, as the horse people say, perfect.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • "You see we do not follow the English style," said the smooth hostess to Philip.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • These are my reasons in brief, for the alteration of my style.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • But then, you are told that these objects are not in the style and taste of the people.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • America will not impose our own style of government on the unwilling.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • In the matter of style--as Flaubert has said--the second-bests are often the better teachers.
  • Extract from : « De Libris: Prose and Verse » by Austin Dobson
  • What induced him to attempt this style it is difficult to conceive.
  • Extract from : « Handel » by Edward J. Dent
  • If the old girl don't like my style, why the walking isn't all taken up.
  • Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
  • The language, the style, the tone of the correspondence is the same.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill

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