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graceful

[greys-fuhl] / ˈgreɪs fəl /
ADJECTIVE
agile, charming, lovely
Synonyms
STRONGEST
balletic beautiful decorative delicate elegant exquisite handsome limber lithe neat nimble refined rhythmic shapely slender smooth supple symmetrical tasteful
WEAK
adroit aesthetic artistic becoming comely controlled curvaceous dainty dexterous easy elastic fair fine flowing harmonious lissome natural pleasing pliant poised practiced pretty seemly skilled springy statuesque trim willowy
Antonyms
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awkward coarse crude disproportioned fat homely inelegant irregular poor rigid rough stiff ugly unattractive uneven unrefined unsophisticated
WEAK
careless graceless inept uncouth ungraceful unhandy

Example Sentences

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Tuesday, OpenAI announced it was abandoning its video-production aspirations, giving Disney a graceful exit until the next model storms the castle.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

Ordinary Iranians have "an amazing culture of graceful kindness and absolute generosity", she said.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Crockett, despite throwing very effective jabs, is less graceful when it comes to taking criticism.

From Slate • Mar. 3, 2026

“This could be a graceful way for Netflix to exit, which their shareholders will likely receive positively—although we do not expect sentiment to return Netflix to its prior highs from last summer,” he added.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

It is very important to discover graceful exits like that in the newspaper business, where it is such an important part of the ethics that you should never seem to be working.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway