graceful

adjective

grace·ful ˈgrās-fəl

: displaying grace (see grace entry 1 sense 3) in form or action : pleasing or attractive in line, proportion, or movement

a graceful dancer

gracefully

ˈgrās-fə-lē

adverb

gracefulness noun

Examples of graceful in a Sentence

He has become a very graceful dancer. the graceful movements of a ballerina She was a graceful young woman with delicate features. the long, graceful neck of a swan His writing is clear and graceful. There was no graceful way to say no to their offer.

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Such is the world in which Amy Berryman’s intelligent and compassionate climate-disaster drama — named for Thoreau’s treatise (though not, as the title might suggest, an adaptation of it) and now receiving its New York premiere under Whitney White’s graceful direction at Second Stage — takes place. —

Sara Holdren, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024 By all accounts and appearances, Wade is just as graceful off the court. —

Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2024 Capricorn Should Find Poise In Paris Capricorn, who has undoubtedly worked a lot and devotedly this year, needs a graceful and well-deserved rest, according to Naskova. —

Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024 Simplicity, understood like this, is complexity well tended, just as a long, graceful line is a collection of stubby ones, tamed but not deadened. —

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