noun
1.
a particular kind, sort, or type, as with reference to form, appearance, or character: the baroquestyle; The style of the house was too austere for their liking.
2.
a particular, distinctive, or characteristic mode of action or manner of acting: They do these things in agrand style.
3.
a mode of living, as with respect to expense or display.
4.
an elegant, fashionable, or luxurious mode of living: to live in style.
5.
a mode of fashion, as in dress, especially good or approved fashion; elegance; smartness.
6.
the mode of expressing thought in writing or speaking by selecting and arranging words, consideredwith respect to clearness, effectiveness, euphony, or the like, that is characteristic of a group,period, person, personality, etc.: to write in the style of Faulkner; a familiar style; a pompous, pedanticstyle.
7.
those components or features of a literary composition that have to do with the form of expression rather than the content of the thought expressed: His writing is all style and no substance.
