What does Graceful mean?
Definitions for Graceful
ˈgreɪs fəlgrace·ful
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Graceful.
Princeton's WordNet
gracefuladjective
characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution
elegant, graceful, refinedadjective
suggesting taste, ease, and wealth
Wiktionary
gracefuladjective
Having or showing grace in movement, shape, or proportion.
She is a graceful dancer.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Gracefuladjective
Beautiful with dignity.
Etymology: from grace.
Amid’ the troops, and like the leading god,
High o’er the rest in arms the graceful Turnus rode. Dryden.Matchless his pen, victorious was his lance;
Bold in the lists, and graceful in the dance. Alexander Pope.Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride,
Might hide her faults, if belles had faults to hide. Alexander Pope.
ChatGPT
graceful
Graceful refers to someone or something that moves in a smooth, controlled, attractive way or that demonstrates elegance, beauty, and dignity in form, manner, or behavior. It can also relate to a sense of propriety or politeness in actions or characteristic.
Webster Dictionary
Gracefuladjective
displaying grace or beauty in form or action; elegant; easy; agreeable in appearance; as, a graceful walk, deportment, speaker, air, act, speech
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Graceful in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Graceful in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of Graceful in a Sentence
m yet to see a Man more graceful, civilized and patient while making love with his woman; and a Woman who has never rejected her man's sexual advances!
David Olney was very still, sitting upright with David Olney guitar on, wearing the coolest hat and a beautiful rust suede jacket... I just want the picture to be as graceful and dignified as it was, because it at first looked like David Olney was just taking a moment.
Always be Graceful and Useful Nara Bhuvaneshwari
The artist is the confidant of nature, flowers carry on dialogues with him through the graceful bending of their stems and the harmoniously tinted nuances of their blossoms, Every flower has a cordial word which nature directs towards him.
When the sport was developed for women, they adapted the men's sport to make it' appropriate' for women, women were expected to do soft, rhythmic, flowing, graceful movements that emphasized beauty and flexibility. This is why they perform to music, and the men don't. Men's floor routines were expected to emphasize strength instead.
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- لطيف, ظريف, رشيق, صباح, وسيمArabic
- elegantníCzech
- reizend, anmutig, elegant, ansprechend, zierlich, graziösGerman
- graciaEsperanto
- graciosa, grácilSpanish
- solge, graatsilineEstonian
- برازندهPersian
- uljas, kaunis, komea, sulava, viehkeä, upea, sulavaliikkeinen, viehättäväFinnish
- gracieuxFrench
- spéiriúilIrish
- méltóságteljesHungarian
- anggunIndonesian
- leggiadro, aggraziato, elegante, belloItalian
- מְעוּדָןHebrew
- 優雅, 淑やかなJapanese
- لارولهنجKurdish
- decorumLatin
- elegant, gracieus, bevalligDutch
- powabny, pełen wdziękuPolish
- graciosoPortuguese
- изящный, грациозный, элегантныйRussian
- ljubak, elegantan, graciozanSerbo-Croatian
- förtjusande, behagfull, prydlig, tilltalende, elegant, anslåendeSwedish
- தெய்வீகமானTamil
- ağırbaşlı, zarif, vakur, inceTurkish
- مکرمUrdu
- 优美Chinese
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