Word family noun taste distaste tastefulness taster tasting adjective tasteful ≠ tasteless distasteful tasty verb taste adverb tastefully distastefully
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishtastefultaste‧ful /ˈteɪstfəl/ adjective TASTE IN CLOTHES, MUSIC ETCmade, decorated, or chosen with good taste tasteful furnishings ► Do not confuse with tasty. Use tasty to describe food that tastes good: This food is really tasty. —tastefully adverb tastefully decorated —tastefulness noun [uncountable]Examples from the Corpus
tasteful• My uncle wore a flannel suit, a spotless white shirt and a tasteful but sombre tie.• Gray, a prosperous-looking lawyer in his tasteful dark suits, asked for the presidential apology and brought the survivors to Washington.• The room is filled with tasteful furnishings and original artworks.• Almost by accident, Bob discovered that by having tasteful furnishings in apartments, they were easier to rent.• A tasteful inch of white cuff protruded from beneath his black suit coat.• Such is the force of commodity culture that a tasteful logo and unconnected image can sell clothes around the world.• On a slightly more tasteful note, as of this month the £40 software voucher reward is being scrapped.• The house is newly furnished with tasteful things. 