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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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

Then I rose up and turned slowly around, doing something graceful with my tail, until we were eye to eye again.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck

graceful

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