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Answer for the clue "Elegance by virtue of being fashionable ", 10 letters:
modishness

Word definitions for modishness in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Modish \Mod"ish\, a. According to the mode, or customary manner; conformed to the fashion; fashionable; hence, conventional; as, a modish dress; a modish feast. --Dryden. ``Modish forms of address.'' --Barrow. [1913 Webster] -- Mod"ish*ly , adv. ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The property of being modish.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. elegance by virtue of being fashionable [syn: chic , chicness , smartness , stylishness , swank , last word ]

Usage examples of modishness.

Sir Nugent, becoming momently more like an actor in a Greek tragedy, was lamenting over one boot, while Pett nursed the other, and recalling every circumstance that had led him to design such a triumph of modishness.