graceful

B1 Topic:Describing Qualities

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

clumsy graceless

Word family

Derived forms gracefully gracefulnessnongracefulungraceful

Related forms grace gracious

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Phrases (1)

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graceful neck
a neck whose shape or movement looks elegant

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From Middle English graceful. By surface analysis, grace + -ful.

graceful Middle English

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Topics

Describing Qualities

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# 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
- Describing Qualities

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