graceful

[greys-fuhl]

adjective

1. characterized by elegance or beauty of form, manner, movement, or speech; elegant: a graceful reply.

   a graceful dancer;

   a graceful reply.

   Synonyms: lissome, lithe, limber

graceful

/ ˈɡreɪsfʊl /

adjective

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

Other Word Forms

• gracefully adverb
• gracefulness noun
• nongraceful adjective
• nongracefulness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of graceful¹

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

Example Sentences

His involvement grew serious after her death from cancer in 1972, and in “The Snow Leopard” his customarily graceful observations of nature shimmer with mystical meditations on grief, transcendence and enlightenment.

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The cast is excellent, the staging is graceful and the political message could not be more timely.

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Now graceful whorls of green leaves poked through the damp soil, and the stalks had begun to rise, with only a tender green swelling where the flower buds would very soon be.

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“If I close my eyes I can see it: the graceful fronds waving in the breeze....”

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Bero wrote, “In all cases, she manages to make her subjects look dull, ashy, pained and sad, a far cry from the lively and graceful people that they usually are.”

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• beautiful 
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• limber 
• lithe 
• neat 
• nimble 
• refined 
• rhythmic 
• shapely 
• slender 
• smooth 
• supple 
• symmetrical 
• tasteful