Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Having a pleasing flavor; savory.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having good taste, or nice perception of excellence.
  • In conformity to the principles of good taste; elegant.
  • Palatable; nice; fine.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Having a good taste; -- applied to persons. See taste, n., 5.
  • adjective Being in conformity to the principles of good taste; elegant

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Having a pleasant or satisfying flavor; delicious.
  • adjective obsolete Having or showing good taste; tasteful.
  • adjective slang Appealing; when applied to persons, sexually appealing.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective pleasing to the sense of taste

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Examples

  • Silverfin Promotion, enlisting chefs to create recipes for what they called the tasty white meat of the bighead carp and silver carp, the two dominant invaders.

    NYT > Home Page By ERIK ECKHOLM 2010

  • Silverfin Promotion, enlisting chefs to create recipes for what they called the tasty white meat of the bighead carp and silver carp, the two dominant invaders.

    NYT > Home Page By ERIK ECKHOLM 2010

  • Silverfin Promotion, enlisting chefs to create recipes for what they called the tasty white meat of the bighead carp and silver carp, the two dominant invaders.

    NYT > Home Page By ERIK ECKHOLM 2010

  • Silverfin Promotion, enlisting chefs to create recipes for what they called the tasty white meat of the bighead carp and silver carp, the two dominant invaders.

    NYT > Home Page By ERIK ECKHOLM 2010

  • The lonely four include the weaker of the two Italian sides, Aironi – the other one, Benetton Treviso, took Leicester to the wire – but you wouldn't put it past the other three – Saracens, Racing Métro and the Dragons (admittedly the least likely) – to break their ducks this weekend, when the action will again be tasty from the start.

    Cardiff sense the chance to give Castres the Heineken Cup blues Shaun Edwards 2010

  • I like to punch big holes in tasty big game animals with Barnes Triple Shocks!

    Senators Take Aim At Park Service Lead Ban 2009

  • I like to punch big holes in tasty big game animals with Barnes Triple Shocks!

    Senators Take Aim At Park Service Lead Ban 2009

  • Yet it seems the film may actually just turn out to be the dessert that punctuates Bush's presidency - one that, however tasty, is soft, weak and ultimately falls flat.

    Oliver Stone's W Completes Casting, Starts Filming « FirstShowing.net 2008

  • The fact that something can be sacred and tasty is really funny to me ....

    Sacred. And tasty. Jessica Hagy 2007

  • I have to admit the lard makes all the difference in tasty tamales.

    Let's talk about tamales 2005

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