graceful
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- gracefully adverb
- gracefulness noun
- nongraceful adjective
- nongracefulness noun
Etymology
Origin of graceful
A late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; grace, -ful
Example Sentences
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Ferrero was equally graceful, but signaled the break wasn’t his choice: “I wish I could have continued.”
So he walked in and immediately I was really moved by how graceful he was.
From Los Angeles Times
It’s a fast, dangerous and macho sport that also requires graceful skating.
And in 2021, he transformed a drab 1960s bank branch in Inglewood into a graceful rehearsal and performance space for Youth Orchestra Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, the Japanese American actor whose powerful glare and graceful menace made him a fixture of action films for more than four decades, has died at 75.
From Los Angeles Times
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