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gracile

[ gras-il ]

adjective

  1. gracefully slender.
  2. slender; thin.


gracile

/ ˈɡræsaɪl; ɡræˈsɪlɪtɪ /

adjective

  1. gracefully thin or slender
  2. a less common word for graceful
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • gracility, noun
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Other Words From

  • gra·cil·i·ty [gra-, sil, -i-tee, gr, uh, -], gracile·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of gracile1

First recorded in 1615–25, gracile is from the Latin word gracilis slender, slight, thin
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Word History and Origins

Origin of gracile1

C17: from Latin gracilis slender
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Example Sentences

Beatrice suggests to me something slim and gracile rather than two hundred pounds of hump-backed and enterprising pork.

Before he recognized the olive-green tailor suit which he had come to know, he noticed the firm yet gracile move of her.

Varro ascribes to him the gracile genus dicendi, the distinguishing features of which were venustas and subtilitas.

The varied activities of the life of a leopard are what have developed the sinuous gracile strength we so admire.

She heard it, too, for the gracile fingers fell from the strings.

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