graceful

[ greys-fuhl ]
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adjective
  1. characterized by elegance or beauty of form, manner, movement, or speech; elegant: a graceful dancer;a graceful reply.

Origin of graceful

1
A late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; see origin at grace, -ful

Other words for graceful

Other words from graceful

  • grace·ful·ly, adverb
  • grace·ful·ness, noun
  • non·grace·ful, adjective
  • non·grace·ful·ness, noun

Words Nearby graceful

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British Dictionary definitions for graceful

graceful

/ (ˈɡreɪsfʊl) /


adjective
  1. characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, etc

Derived forms of graceful

  • gracefully, adverb
  • gracefulness, noun

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