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| agile |
quick and graceful in physical movement; nimble. [1/2 definitions] |
| allegretto |
light, graceful, and quick in tempo, but slower than allegro (used as a musical direction). [1/2 definitions] |
| ballet |
a form of dance that uses exact, graceful movements. [1/2 definitions] |
| Chippendale |
of, pertaining to, or denoting an eighteenth-century English style of furniture marked by graceful lines and, often, rococo decoration. |
| coordinated |
having the parts of one's body working well together so that one's movements are fluid or graceful. |
| copperplate |
an elegant and graceful style of handwriting, in imitation of copperplate etchings. [1/3 definitions] |
| feline |
looking or acting like a cat, such as moving in a silent or graceful way. [1/3 definitions] |
| figure skating |
a kind of skating on ice in which the skater does graceful spinning, jumping, and dancing movements on the ice. |
| fleet2 |
fast and graceful. |
| fluent |
graceful and smooth, as curves. [1/4 definitions] |
| fluid |
smooth and graceful. [1/5 definitions] |
| gazelle |
a kind of antelope found in Africa and Asia. Gazelles are mammals with hooves and long legs. They are graceful runners. Their horns are slightly curved and have dark rings. |
| gracile |
graceful. [1/2 definitions] |
| grazioso |
in a graceful, elegant manner (used as a musical direction). |
| gull1 |
a water bird that has webbed feet, gray and white feathers, and long, pointed wings. They are graceful and powerful in flight. |
| Hepplewhite |
of or concerning a furniture style of late eighteenth-century Europe and America, featuring graceful curves. |
| lilt |
a light, graceful, rhythmic way of moving, esp. walking. [1/3 definitions] |
| lithe |
characterized by light, graceful, flexible movements. [1/2 definitions] |
| lithesome |
characterized by light, graceful, seemingly effortless movements; lithe; lissome. |
| lope |
a way of running or cantering that is graceful and easy. [1/2 definitions] |
| minuet |
a slow, graceful dance in three-quarter time, popular in Europe and America in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. [1/2 definitions] |
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