Definitions

gracile

[gras-il] / ˈgræs ɪl /

ADJECTIVE

slender

Synonyms

STRONGEST

delicate fragile frail lanky lithe meager narrow skinny slight slim svelte wiry wispy

WEAK

abstemious acicular aciculate faint feeble frugal inconsiderable lank lean lissome lithesome little minute outside plain remote scant small spare spindling tenuous trim trivial weak willowy

Antonyms

STRONGEST

big chubby fat firm heavy large liberal strong thick unbreakable wide

WEAK

plump

Example Sentences

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Gracile, gras′il, adj. slender, gracefully slight in form.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

Gracile as a palm, and robed at once so simply, so exquisitely in white, she had seemed to him the supreme realization of all possible dreams of beauty ...

From Chita: a Memory of Last Island by Hearn, Lafcadio

Gracile and straight as birches, Swift as the questing birds, They fill true-lovers' drink-horns up, Who speak not, having no words.

From Young Adventure, a Book of Poems by Benét, Stephen Vincent

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