: displaying grace (see grace entry 1 sense 3) in form or action : pleasing or attractive in line, proportion, or movement
a graceful dancer
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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France is a culture of manners, of eloquence, of graceful behavior, as if life itself, from the grandly public to the intimately domestic, were essentially performative, requiring constant self-control.
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
With an upright growth habit and loose, open canopy, oleander makes a graceful evergreen hedge in USDA zones 8-10.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 25 Apr. 2025
Originally built in 1895, the residence sits on more than three acres and includes a formal garden, a tranquil reflecting pond, and a graceful limestone-domed gazebo.
—Zlata Kozul Naumovski, Architectural Digest, 25 Apr. 2025
Each is wrapped in graceful exterior lines and curves that sweep rearward from a massive hood that evokes a classic Jaguar XKE from the 1960’s.
—Jim Gorzelany, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
With an upright growth habit and loose, open canopy, oleander makes a graceful evergreen hedge in USDA zones 8-10.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 25 Apr. 2025
Originally built in 1895, the residence sits on more than three acres and includes a formal garden, a tranquil reflecting pond, and a graceful limestone-domed gazebo.
—Zlata Kozul Naumovski, Architectural Digest, 25 Apr. 2025
Each is wrapped in graceful exterior lines and curves that sweep rearward from a massive hood that evokes a classic Jaguar XKE from the 1960’s.
—Jim Gorzelany, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
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“Graceful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/graceful. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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