Graceful

Word GRACEFUL
Character 8
Hyphenation grace ful
Pronunciations /ˈɡɹeɪsfʊl/

Definitions and meanings of "Graceful"

What do we mean by graceful?

Showing grace of movement, form, or proportion. adjective

Characterized by grace or elegance; displaying grace or beauty in form or action; elegant: used particularly of motion, looks, and speech: as, a graceful walk; a graceful deportment; a graceful speaker; a graceful air.

Having Christian grace or piety; in a state of grace.

Synonyms Elegant, etc. (see elegant); easy, natural, unconstrained.

Displaying grace or beauty in form or action; elegant; easy; agreeable in appearance. adjective

Having or showing grace in movement, shape, or proportion. adjective

Characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution adjective

Suggesting taste, ease, and wealth adjective

Having or showing grace in movement, shape, or proportion.

Gradual and non-disruptive.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Graceful

The word "graceful" in example sentences

He wrapped up crisis talking in Jordan by once again rejecting any timetable for withdrawing U.S. troops and denying that he's searching for what he called a graceful exit from the war. ❋ Unknown (2006)

John saw that he was _de trop_, that it was a family conference, and only extracting from Laramie a promise to see him -- about nothing whatever -- before leaving town he made what he termed a graceful getaway. ❋ Unknown (1898)

'Ay; anybody can be what you call graceful, if he lives a little time in a city, and keeps his eyes open. ❋ Thomas Hardy (1884)

The common terns have since left for the winter but Matteson said there is a good chance the birds, which he calls graceful and beautiful, will be back next year since they have already raised young here. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Though "graceful" is a word one wouldn't readily apply to Stickley's cabinetry, there is a certain massive elegance to his lighting fixtures. ❋ Barrymore Laurence Scherer (2010)

She says: This period saw the rise of the designer-craftsman movement, which was characterized by a graceful fluidity between the now distinct disciplines of design, manufacture, and studio art. ❋ Alla Kazovsky (2011)

There are a few abstract symbols, but the site is almost covered in graceful, naturalistic sculptures and bas-reliefs of the animals that were central to the imagination of hunter-gatherers. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"Writing with an outsider's empathy and insight, casting his chronicle in graceful prose, he offers a memorable tale that both captures and transcends time and place." ❋ Unknown (2010)

She learned to surf the long boards off the Kohala Coast and was known as a graceful and agile surfer. ❋ Robin Jones Gunn (2010)

Her contemporary novels explore how teens cope with the unpalatable realities of poverty and drug abuse in graceful and often funny narratives. ❋ Unknown (2008)

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