graceful

English

Alternative forms

• gracefull (archaic)

Etymology

grace +‎ -ful

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ˈɡɹeɪsfʊl/

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Adjective

graceful (comparative more graceful, superlative most graceful)

1. Having or showing grace in movement, shape, or proportion.
   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, The China Governess^[1]:

     The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. […]  The bed was the most extravagant piece.  Its graceful cane halftester rose high towards the cornice and was so festooned in carved white wood that the effect was positively insecure, as if the great couch were trimmed with icing sugar.

   She is a graceful dancer.

Antonyms

• graceless
• clumsy

Derived terms

• gracefulness

Related terms

• grace

Translations

showing grace

• Arabic: رشيق (ar) (rašīq), ظريف (ar) (ẓarīf), لطيف (ar) (laṭīf), صباح (ar) (ṣubāḥ), وسيم (ar) (wasīm)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 優雅 (cmn), 优雅 (cmn) (yōuyǎ), 優美 (cmn), 优美 (cmn) (yōuměi)

• Czech: elegantní (cs)
• Dutch: elegant (nl), gracieus (nl)
• Esperanto: gracia (eo)
• Estonian: graatsiline, solge
• Finnish: sulava, sulavaliikkeinen, viehättävä, viehkeä, komea (fi), kaunis (fi), upea (fi), uljas (fi)
• French: gracieux (fr)
• German: anmutig (de), ansprechend (de), elegant (de), graziös (de), reizend (de), zierlich (de)
• Irish: spéiriúil (ga)
• Italian: elegante (it), aggraziato (it), leggiadro (it), bello (it)

• Japanese: 優雅な (ja) (ゆうがな, yūga-na), 淑やかな (ja) (しちやかな, shitoyakana)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: لاروله‌نج (ku) (lArolanj)

• Polish: pełen wdzięku (pl), powabny (pl)
• Portuguese: gracioso (pt)
• Russian: грациозный (ru) (gracióznyj), изящный (ru) (izjáščnyj), элегантный (ru) (elegántnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: graciozan (sh), elegantan (sh), ljubak (sh)
• Spanish: grácil (es)
• Swedish: behagfull (sv), elegant (sv), anslående (sv), tilltalende (sv), förtjusande (sv), prydlig (sv)
• Turkish: ağırbaşlı (tr), ince (tr), vakur (tr), zarif (tr)