Learn English – Another word for “understated sexuality”

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I am trying to find a proper word for describing a visual concept.

At the moment the closest description is "understated sexuality", but maybe there is another word to describe a woman that is beautiful, attractive, sexy, confident and at the same time modest?

"Majestic or glorious" (Eilia 2015) "are too lavish, I need something different." (maxlaks 2015)

Best Answer

You can't throw a bunch of adjectives together and expect English to cough up some magic word. It might happen, but then again, it might not.

If you want to focus on her beauty, use

beautiful, attractive, appealing, charming

If you want to focus on her appearance, you could try

classy, elegant, sophisticated... or even resplendent (depending on the case)

For confidence, try

poised, self-assured

Modesty, in some senses, goes against confidence, but you can use

self-effacing, unpretentious

For understated sexuality in particular, I'm partial to

elegant

(of people or their behaviour) attractive and showing a good sense of style

or, in extreme cases

sensuous

Attractive or gratifying physically, especially sexually:

[Oxford]

PS - In my humble opinion as a reader, I like writers to describe girls with as many specific adjectives as possible, rather than be too laconic about it. Even your description in the post would mean more to a girl than any single word could.

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