What does graceful mean?we found 4 entries for the meaning of graceful
 

Graceful \Grace"ful\, a. Displaying grace or beauty in form or action; elegant; easy; agreeable in appearance; as, a graceful walk, deportment, speaker, air, act, speech. [1913 Webster]

High o'er the rest in arms the graceful Turnus rode. --Dryden. -- Grace"ful*ly, adv. Grace"ful*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

 

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Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

 

graceful adj
1: characterized by beauty of movement, style, form etc.; not awkward [ant: awkward]
2: suggesting taste, ease, and wealth [syn: elegant, refined]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

 

Graceful \Grace"ful\, a. Displaying grace or beauty in form or action; elegant; easy; agreeable in appearance; as, a graceful walk, deportment, speaker, air, act, speech.

High o'er the rest in arms the graceful Turnus rode. --Dryden. -- Grace"ful*ly, adv. Grace"ful*ness, n.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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