Dictionary

graceful en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈɡɹeɪsfʊl/ (UK, US)
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Etymology

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

Meanings

1. Having or showing grace in movement, shape, or proportion.
   • She is a graceful dancer.
   • 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. 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
2. Magnanimous, lacking arrogance or complaint; gracious.
   • The athlete's graceful acceptance of the controversial second-place finish won the admiration of the spectators.
3. Gradual and non-disruptive.
   • Bringing a system down cleanly will preserve the operating system and some log files, but again will destroy the contents of the RAM (the volatile data). Windows and Linux are two operating systems that require a graceful shutdown. 2009, Dale Liu, Cisco Router and Switch Forensics:

Forms

Antonyms

clumsy · graceless

Deriveds

graceful pitta · nongraceful · graceful shark · ungraceful · graceful degradation · gracefulness · gracefully

Relateds

grace · gracious

Synonyms

airy

Translations (85)

sco gent (showing grace) · et graatsiline (showing grace) · fi kaunis (showing grace) · pl powabny (showing grace) · sh graciozan (showing grace) · ru элега́нтный (showing grace) · tr ağırbaşlı (showing grace) · ota نازك (showing grace) · sco feat (showing grace) · it elegante (showing grace) · ar وَسِيم (showing grace) · fi sulava (showing grace) · mk грацио́зен (showing grace) · hu méltóságteljes (showing grace) · el χαριτωμένος (showing grace) · fi viehättävä (showing grace) · sh ljubak (showing grace) · ja 優雅 (showing grace) · cs elegantní (showing grace) · cmn 優雅 /优雅 (showing grace) · sh elegantan (showing grace) · fi sulavaliikkeinen (showing grace) · ja 淑やか (showing grace) · mk елега́нтен (showing grace) · nl gracieus (showing grace) · es gracioso (showing grace) · nl elegant (showing grace) · sco gentie (showing grace) · nl sierlijk (showing grace) · sv behagfull (showing grace) · de graziös (showing grace) · bg елега́нтен (showing grace) · sv förtjusande (showing grace) · de ansprechend (showing grace) · sv tilltalende (showing grace) · sco gymp (showing grace) · pl pełen wdzięku (showing grace) · lad grasiozo (showing grace) · cmn 優美 /优美 (showing grace) · it leggiadro (showing grace) · tr ince (showing grace) · de huldreich (showing grace) · mi huatau (showing grace) · pt gracioso (showing grace) · el εύχαρις (showing grace) · eo gracia (showing grace) · fr gracieux (showing grace) · tr vakur (showing grace) · lad henozo (showing grace) · fi komea (showing grace) · de reizend (showing grace) · ca gràcil (showing grace) · fa باوقار (showing grace) · sco jimp (showing grace) · sco gracefu (showing grace) · sv anslående (showing grace) · ru грацио́зный (showing grace) · es grácil (showing grace) · sv prydlig (showing grace) · hi शोभनीय (showing grace) · it aggraziato (showing grace) · ru изя́щный (showing grace) · sco cumly (showing grace) · de elegant (showing grace) · it bello (showing grace) · sco elegant (showing grace) · es graciado (showing grace) · ar لَطِيف (showing grace) · bg грацио́зен (showing grace) · tr zarif (showing grace) · ar صُبَاح (showing grace) · de anmutig (showing grace) · sv elegant (showing grace) · ckb لارولەنج (showing grace) · es agraciado (showing grace) · ga spéiriúil (showing grace) · fi upea (showing grace) · fi uljas (showing grace) · et solge (showing grace) · grc ἁβρός (showing grace) · fi viehkeä (showing grace) · ca graciós (showing grace) · ar ظَرِيف (showing grace) · de zierlich (showing grace) · ar رَشِيق (showing grace)