Definition of Gracility

1. Noun. Elegance and beauty of movement or expression. "A beautiful figure which she used in subtle movements of unparalleled grace"

Exact synonyms: Grace
Generic synonyms: Gracefulness
Derivative terms: Grace, Grace, Gracious, Gracile

Definition of Gracility

1. n. State of being gracilent; slenderness.

Definition of Gracility

1. Noun. The property or condition of being gracile. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gracility

1. [n -TIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gracility

gracias
gracilariid
gracilariid moth
gracile
gracile fasciculus
gracile habitus
gracile lobule
gracile nucleus
gracile tubercle
gracileness
gracilenesses
graciles
gracilities
gracility (current term)
gracing
gracioso
graciosos
gracious
graciously
graciousness
graciousnesses
grackle
grackles
grad
grad-shafranov equation
grad school
grad schools
grad student

Literary usage of Gracility

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"It was accordingly subjected to a process of extenuation, out of which it emerged reduced to little more than a third of its original gracility — a skeleton ..."

2. The American in Paris by John Sanderson (1847)
"... gracility to her waist and relief to her tournure; and incased her fair form in a frock, " soft as the dove's down and as white;"—her glossy tresses ..."

3. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1833)
"It was accordingly subjected to a process of extenuation, out of which it emerged reduced to little more than a third of its original gracility—a skeleton ..."

4. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"2. attenuation (literary), thinness; spec, tenuity, tenuousness, slimness, slightness, gracility (rare), fineness, ..."

5. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"In a manner devoid of grace. GRACILE, (gras'-sil) a. Slender ; small. gracility, (gra-sil'-e-te) ns Slender- ness ..."

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