graceful
adjective
characterized by elegance or beauty of form, manner, movement, or speech; elegant: a graceful reply.
gracefulness
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a word derived from
graceful.
Example Sentences
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For most of us, our gracefulness or lack of it are fairly stable states.
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2022
The film has a mordant sense of humor, a hypnotic gracefulness and a startling emotional sincerity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2022
Many people are drawn to butterflies because of their beauty, their gracefulness, the ephemeral nature of their lives, and because of the seemingly magical transformation from caterpillar to adult butterfly.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 18, 2022
But it also features a transporting melodic gracefulness, particularly in Virginie Tarrête’s recording.
From New York Times ● Feb. 17, 2021
There is a delicacy and gentleness to Chopin’s music, though, that represents the final curtain call of the age of elegance and gracefulness, of sense and sensibility.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
