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gracile
[ gras-il ]
adjective
- gracefully slender.
- slender; thin.
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Derived Forms
- gracility, noun
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Other Words From
- gra·cil·i·ty [gra-, sil, -i-tee, gr, uh, -], gracile·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gracile1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gracile1
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Example Sentences
Beatrice suggests to me something slim and gracile rather than two hundred pounds of hump-backed and enterprising pork.
Before he recognized the olive-green tailor suit which he had come to know, he noticed the firm yet gracile move of her.
Varro ascribes to him the gracile genus dicendi, the distinguishing features of which were venustas and subtilitas.
The varied activities of the life of a leopard are what have developed the sinuous gracile strength we so admire.
She heard it, too, for the gracile fingers fell from the strings.
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