as in graceful
moving easily
gracile as any pair of classically trained dancers, the bride and groom made their way around the dance floor
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Recent Examples of gracile
Hawkins misplaced horns and spikes, and some of his robust four-legged dinosaurs were actually gracile bipeds.
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Yannic Rack, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Aug. 2023
Elephant bones by comparison are gracile, slender—they’re like twigs compared to mastodons.
—Peter Brannen, The Atlantic, 22 June 2022
The bright colors and gracile X-braces of the Eames House are written all across the Pompidou Center.
—Thomas De Monchaux, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2022
Gracile skulls due to the Mongoloid’s very recent evolutionary development.
—Longreads, 1 Aug. 2017
More generally, humans as a whole have become more gracile over the last 10,000 years.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 26 Mar. 2012
Yannic Rack, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Aug. 2023
Elephant bones by comparison are gracile, slender—they’re like twigs compared to mastodons.
—Peter Brannen, The Atlantic, 22 June 2022
The bright colors and gracile X-braces of the Eames House are written all across the Pompidou Center.
—Thomas De Monchaux, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2022
Gracile skulls due to the Mongoloid’s very recent evolutionary development.
—Longreads, 1 Aug. 2017
More generally, humans as a whole have become more gracile over the last 10,000 years.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 26 Mar. 2012
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gracile
graceful
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Characterized by graceful, winding arms that spiral out from a bright central bulge, these systems are rich with both young and old stars, swirling gas and cosmic dust.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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After winning over America with his epic one-liners and graceful skates, Olympic figure skater Adam Rippon tackled the dance floor alongside partner Jenna Johnson.—
Diana Pearl,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Gracile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gracile. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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