<entry id="2347247" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>2867126</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>格調高い</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>かくちょうだかい</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&exp;</pos>
<pos>&adj-i;</pos>
<gloss>elegant</gloss>
<gloss>refined</gloss>
<gloss>dignified</gloss>
<gloss>noble</gloss>
<gloss>prestigious</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2025-08-29 17:50:13" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Brian Krznarich</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Not A+B (tall/high +tone/style?), and this has almost 200,000 ngrams between its various forms.

"elegant" seems like the obvious #1 gloss. Maybe you'll have some other options. See for comparison:
格調高雅	(1000 ngams):  refined; dignified; elegant; graceful; exquisite
(gets a little extra "gracefulness" from 雅 I imagine).

Eijiro's use of "sonorous" strikes me as a dated usage, if I understand what they are after.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>This is all 格調 ngrams, &gt; 60% are this structure
格調	308719	  
格調高い	169684	  
格調高く	41151	  
格調の	33080	  
格調の高い	16328	  
格調を	11533	  
格調の高	10737	  
格調の高さ	10617	  
格調ある	9822	
... (I haven't skipped anything)

https://eow.alc.co.jp/search?q=%e6%a0%bc%e8%aa%bf%e3%81%ae%e9%ab%98%e3%81%84
格調の高い
of high caliber

格調高い出版物
high-quality publications
単語帳
格調高い弁論
elegant speech
単語帳
格調高い文章
sonorous sentences
単語帳
格調高い演説
elegant speech
単語帳
格調高い言葉
sonorous words
単語帳
格調高い講演
elegant speech
単語帳
簡素でありながら格調高い
simple yet elegant

https://ejje.weblio.jp/content/%E6%A0%BC%E8%AA%BF%E9%AB%98%E3%81%84
refined

https://context.reverso.net/translation/japanese-english/%E6%A0%BC%E8%AA%BF%E9%AB%98%E3%81%84</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2025-08-29 17:57:21" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Brian Krznarich</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Since 格調 is [news2,nf25], I suppose this should be [spec2].</upd_detl>
</audit>
<audit time="2025-08-29 19:09:38" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_diff>@@ -8 +8 @@
-&lt;reb&gt;かくちょうたかい&lt;/reb&gt;
+&lt;reb&gt;かくちょうだかい&lt;/reb&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2025-08-30 08:27:26" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_refs>RP</upd_refs>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>