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Definition of Gracility
1. Noun. Elegance and beauty of movement or expression. "A beautiful figure which she used in subtle movements of unparalleled grace"
Generic synonyms: Gracefulness
Derivative terms: Grace, Grace, Gracious, Gracile
Definition of Gracility
1. n. State of being gracilent; slenderness.
Definition of Gracility
1. Noun. The property or condition of being gracile. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gracility
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Gracility
Literary usage of Gracility
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"It was accordingly subjected to a process of extenuation, out of which it emerged
reduced to little more than a third of its original gracility — a skeleton ..."
2. The American in Paris by John Sanderson (1847)
"... gracility to her waist and relief to her tournure; and incased her fair form
in a frock, " soft as the dove's down and as white;"—her glossy tresses ..."
3. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1833)
"It was accordingly subjected to a process of extenuation, out of which it emerged
reduced to little more than a third of its original gracility—a skeleton ..."
4. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"2. attenuation (literary), thinness; spec, tenuity, tenuousness, slimness,
slightness, gracility (rare), fineness, ..."
5. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"In a manner devoid of grace. GRACILE, (gras'-sil) a. Slender ; small.
gracility, (gra-sil'-e-te) ns Slender- ness ..."
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