graceful

/'greisful/
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graceful

The ballerina performed a graceful leap across the stage.

Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution: Describing something or someone that moves or is shaped in a smooth, elegant, and aesthetically pleasing way.
    • Suggesting taste, ease, and wealth: Describing an appearance or manner that is refined, poised, and suggests sophistication.
Examples of Usage

  • Describing Movement:

    • The dancer's movements were incredibly graceful.
    • A graceful swan glided across the lake.

  • Describing Style or Form:

    • She wrote a graceful letter of apology.
    • The architect designed a building with graceful curves.

  • Describing Manner or Appearance:

    • He accepted the criticism with graceful humility.
    • The old mansion had a graceful, timeless elegance.
Advanced Usage

  • "Graceful degradation" (Technical): A system design principle where functionality reduces smoothly when parts fail, rather than stopping completely.

    • The website was built with graceful degradation for older browsers.

  • "Graceful exit": To leave a situation in a dignified and tactful manner.

    • After the scandal, the CEO made a graceful exit from the company.
Variants and Related Words

  • Gracefully (adverb): In a graceful manner.

    • She bowed gracefully to the audience.

  • Gracefulness (noun): The quality of being graceful.

    • The gracefulness of her performance was captivating.

  • Graceless (adjective): Lacking grace; clumsy or awkward.

    • His graceless attempt at diplomacy offended everyone.
Synonyms
  • Elegant: Pleasingly graceful and stylish in appearance or manner.
  • Fluid: Smooth and continuous in movement.
  • Lithesome: (Especially of a person's body) thin, supple, and graceful.
  • Poised: Having a composed and self-assured manner.
Antonyms
  • Awkward: Lacking grace or skill in movement or behavior.
  • Clumsy: Awkward in movement or handling things.
  • Graceless: Lacking grace, elegance, or charm.
  • Ungainly: Awkward; clumsy.
Related Idioms and Phrases

  • With good (or bad) grace: In a willing and cheerful (or unwilling and resentful) manner.

    • He accepted the defeat with good grace.

  • A saving grace: A redeeming quality that compensates for other faults.

    • The hotel was basic, but its friendly staff was its saving grace.
graceful

The ballerina performed a graceful leap across the stage.

Adjective
  1. suggesting taste, ease, and wealth
  2. characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution

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