graceful

[ greys-fuhl ]

/ ˈgreɪs fəl /

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adjective

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

Nearby words

grace cup, grace note, grace period, grace-and-favor, grace-and-favour, graceful, graceless, graces, gracias, gracile, gracilis

Origin of graceful

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

SYNONYMS FOR graceful

limber, lithe, lissome.

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Related forms

grace·ful·ly, adverbgrace·ful·ness, nounnon·grace·ful, adjectivenon·grace·ful·ly, adverb

non·grace·ful·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for graceful

Its graceful hotels and beautiful restaurants are totally dependent on the tourist trade.
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The brand logo turned out to feature a graceful archer on horseback, in a Tatar national costume, poised to shoot his arrow.
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She sent me an unexpected, funny and graceful note after the interview was published.
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Nicholas II, the last Romanov, built the graceful Livadia Palace on top of a hill there.
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And I think that Dakota plays her in a graceful, non-Lolita-ish way.
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The church of Notre-Dame, partly modern, preserves a Gothic portal of the 16th century and a graceful tower of the same period.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 6|Various
The dance was then new, and her graceful performance of it excited enthusiastic applause.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCLXXVI. February, 1847. Vol. LXI.|Various
It was an elegant little creature, with a skin like its mother, only more brilliant--it was full of graceful antics.
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Now can you imagine anything more delicate and graceful than this little dog?
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We copy two of the most graceful costumes in the recent books of patterns.
The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851|Various

British Dictionary definitions for graceful

graceful

/ (ˈɡreɪsfʊl) /

adjective

characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, etc

Derived Forms

gracefully, adverbgracefulness, noun

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