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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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In the early days of the conflict, the Ukrainian military was much more agile than Russian forces in terms of adapting tactics and equipment.—
Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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The newcomer builds upon the successful Leopard 50, but is larger, faster, and more agile than that 50-footer.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
23 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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This requires nimble responses, perfect timing, and unwavering execution.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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On top of nimbler steering for a larger vehicle, the Escalade IQ offers plush suspension through adaptive air suspension and magnetic ride control.—
Liam Rappleye,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
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Single guests were too busy gawking at the handsome emergency responders to process the severity of the situation.—
Maggie Macintosh,
Vogue,
27 Oct. 2025
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At a tour of a member’s garden, another attendee commented on a handsome, silvery Sansevieria growing there.—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Oct. 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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Working primarily in the North Sea, Müller had pioneered the use of extremely fine nets to collect these and other tiny marine organisms.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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According to Thorsten Schumm, PhD, a researcher at the Vienna University of Technology’s (TU Wien) Institute of Atomic and Subatomic Physics, some theories suggest that the fine-structure constant may not be truly constant.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Oct. 2025
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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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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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“Graceful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graceful. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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