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

STRONGEST

awkward coarse crude disproportioned fat homely inelegant irregular poor rigid rough stiff ugly unattractive uneven unrefined unsophisticated

WEAK

careless graceless inept uncouth ungraceful unhandy

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Ferrero was equally graceful, but signaled the break wasn’t his choice: “I wish I could have continued.”

From The Wall Street Journal

So he walked in and immediately I was really moved by how graceful he was.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s a fast, dangerous and macho sport that also requires graceful skating.

From The Wall Street Journal

And in 2021, he transformed a drab 1960s bank branch in Inglewood into a graceful rehearsal and performance space for Youth Orchestra Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, the Japanese American actor whose powerful glare and graceful menace made him a fixture of action films for more than four decades, has died at 75.

From Los Angeles Times

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