graceful B1 Topic:Emotions & Feelings US /ˈgreɪsfəl/ UK /ˈɡɹeɪsfʊl/ See IPA manual Freq #13167 Meanings 1 adj Moving in a smooth, elegant, and beautiful way. She is a graceful dancer. 2 adj Behaving in a calm, polite way, without anger or complaint. His graceful acceptance of defeat won everyone's admiration. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · moving in a smooth,... airy ↔ Opposites clumsygraceless Word family Derived forms gracefullygracefulnessnongracefulungraceful Related forms gracegracious Common collocations graceful neck Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From Middle English graceful. By surface analysis, grace + -ful. graceful Middle English View etymology graph -> Topics Emotions & Feelings External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # graceful **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈgreɪsfəl/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈɡɹeɪsfʊl/ **Frequency rank:** 13167 ## Meanings 1. Moving in a smooth, elegant, and beautiful way. 2. Behaving in a calm, polite way, without anger or complaint. ## Examples - She is a graceful dancer. - His graceful acceptance of defeat won everyone's admiration. ## Antonyms - clumsy - graceless ## Derived Forms - gracefully - gracefulness - nongraceful - ungraceful ## Related Forms - grace - gracious ## Roots and Affixes - Root: graceful ## Etymology From Middle English graceful. By surface analysis, grace + -ful. ## AI Etymology Graceful comes from Middle English graceful. By surface analysis, grace + -ful. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern adjectival form is built from the named base and affix. In current use, the main senses are “Moving in a smooth, elegant, and beautiful way” and “Behaving in a calm, polite way, without anger or complaint”. ## Topics - Emotions & Feelings markdown