1
as in agile
moving easily
the graceful ballerina effortlessly leapt across the stage
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as in elegant
having or showing elegance
sat down in the old plantation home's very graceful parlor
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Recent Examples of graceful
In Hubble's recent image, NGC 6951 unfurls its graceful spiral arms, covered in red nebulae glowing with hydrogen gas, a key fuel for new stars.
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Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 20 Oct. 2025
These rooms are impossibly intricate and graceful, and range from an Art Deco living room to a Gothic cathedral altar.
—Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
Don’t miss the moment, grabbing these Demarson Odell Hoop Earrings, whose 12-karat gold and rhodium twist around each other in a graceful harmony.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2025
During a visit here, travelers can swim with these large, graceful creatures and also see schools of fish and other sea life.
—Taylor McIntyre, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
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Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 20 Oct. 2025
These rooms are impossibly intricate and graceful, and range from an Art Deco living room to a Gothic cathedral altar.
—Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
Don’t miss the moment, grabbing these Demarson Odell Hoop Earrings, whose 12-karat gold and rhodium twist around each other in a graceful harmony.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2025
During a visit here, travelers can swim with these large, graceful creatures and also see schools of fish and other sea life.
—Taylor McIntyre, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for graceful
Adjective
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One Studio has become a pretty agile, fast-moving production house of seven production businesses and a distribution arm launching IP year-on-year.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
31 Oct. 2025
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The reaction, so far, has been mostly positive, with reviewers noting that the car is a lot more agile than its proportions would suggest.—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
31 Oct. 2025
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The Softstreme High-rise Wide-leg Cropped Pant has a weighty drape that adds an elegant edge to what otherwise feels like loungewear, given how remarkably soft the Softstreme fabric is.—
Sophie Dodd,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Oct. 2025
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The long-sleeve polo sweater has elegant pearl buttons that pop against the sweater’s neutral color.—
Melony Forcier,
PEOPLE,
26 Oct. 2025
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His follow-up features nimble Florida State big man Malique Ewin.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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The band’s name has long embodied the group’s nimble balancing act of being rooted in and familiar with bluegrass traditions while also using it as a launching pad for exploring other, often contrasting, musical styles.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
30 Oct. 2025
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His face, while not exactly handsome, nevertheless has a certain charisma to it, a monkey-like instinct for comedy.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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Who will free us from the handsome British issue drama?—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
4 Nov. 2025
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Tarell Alvin McCraney’s robust, balletic play has been making the rounds for almost 20 years, ever since its 2007 joint premiere at the Public Theater and London’s Young Vic.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
11 Sep. 2025
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Jacob Elordi, unrecognizable as the creature, moves through the role with balletic grace, embodying the tragic soul of Mary Shelley’s 200-year-old story.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
1 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Wolvaardt a fine century on the back of her impressive semifinal performance.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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Dark Renaissance will teach you a great deal about Marlowe’s brilliance and the Elizabethan era—its theater, the aristocracy, the spy craft, and the finer points of drawing and quartering religious dissidents.—
Isaac Butler,
The Atlantic,
3 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Hawkins misplaced horns and spikes, and some of his robust four-legged dinosaurs were actually gracile bipeds.—
Yannic Rack,
Smithsonian Magazine,
29 Aug. 2023
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Elephant bones by comparison are gracile, slender—they’re like twigs compared to mastodons.—
Peter Brannen,
The Atlantic,
22 June 2022
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After Guerrero hit his majestic homer in the third, the Blue Jays added two more while chasing Ohtani during their four-run seventh.—
Staff report,
Oc Register,
29 Oct. 2025
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This sparsely populated region of Canada, where majestic cliffs plunge into orca- and iceberg-filled waters, remains remote and mysterious even more than 1,000 years after the Norse explorer Leif Erickson landed there.—
John von Sothen,
Air Mail,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Graceful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graceful. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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