Graceful
adjective
Moving in a smooth, attractive and well-controlled way.
The dancer was graceful as she moved across the stage.
Often appears as...
- graceful movement
- graceful dancer
adjective
Showing polite and refined behavior.
She handled the situation in a very graceful manner.
Often appears as...
- graceful manner
- graceful conduct
adjective
Moving in a smooth, attractive and well-controlled way.
The dancer was graceful as she moved across the stage.
Often appears as...
- graceful movement
- graceful dancer
adjective
Showing polite and refined behavior.
She handled the situation in a very graceful manner.
Often appears as...
- graceful manner
- graceful conduct
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Natural Elegance
When something is called graceful, it seems effortless and natural, not forced or awkward.
The cat's graceful leap onto the fence was mesmerizing.
Pro Tip 2/3Visual Smoothness
People or animals that move in a 'graceful' way often look relaxed and smooth, with no jerky movements.
The swans glided over the water with graceful ease.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Aesthetic
Calling an action graceful implies it's visually pleasing, often used for arts like dancing or ice-skating.
Her graceful pirouette earned applause from the audience.
Pro Tip 1/3Natural Elegance
When something is called graceful, it seems effortless and natural, not forced or awkward.
The cat's graceful leap onto the fence was mesmerizing.
Pro Tip 2/3Visual Smoothness
People or animals that move in a 'graceful' way often look relaxed and smooth, with no jerky movements.
The swans glided over the water with graceful ease.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Aesthetic
Calling an action graceful implies it's visually pleasing, often used for arts like dancing or ice-skating.
Her graceful pirouette earned applause from the audience.
Pro Tip 1/3Natural Elegance
When something is called graceful, it seems effortless and natural, not forced or awkward.
The cat's graceful leap onto the fence was mesmerizing.
Pro Tip 2/3Visual Smoothness
People or animals that move in a 'graceful' way often look relaxed and smooth, with no jerky movements.
The swans glided over the water with graceful ease.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Aesthetic
Calling an action graceful implies it's visually pleasing, often used for arts like dancing or ice-skating.
Her graceful pirouette earned applause from the audience.
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Robots with "soul" PIPE Guy...
and used that to design my robotic desk lamp. So I went and designed frame by frame to try to make this robot as graceful and engaging as possible. And here when you see the robot interacting with me on a desktop -- and I'm actually redesigning the robot, so, unbeknownst to itself, it's kind of digging its own grave by helping me.
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Beyond the edge of the...
magazine I don't know why I don't care about the bottom of the sea but I don't this is a pervasive view because I think we don't really understand what's down there what is down there can be really stunning glorious animals very exquisite and design very graceful in their
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This is Sparta: Fierce...
It was common for boys to die on the altar of the goddess. Fortunately, not everything was as brutal as that. Young Spartans were also taught how to read, write, and dance, which taught them graceful control of their movements and helped them in combat.
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The astounding athletic...
In this instance, this knowledge allows us to design novel machine architectures or to design clever algorithms that gracefully handle damage, just like human athletes do, instead of building machines with redundancy. We can't help but hold our breath
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Inside a cartoonist's...
or gives the punchline. Nothing should be in the cartoon that is not absolutely necessary for the advancement of the idea. The image and words have to dance together in a way that makes sense. It could be a graceful dance, or an awkward dance,
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Deadly Buffalo Fight for...
that what every girl wants is fast flowing water rich in life-giving oxygen as the best place to lay her eggs each male in his shining metallic armor is prepared to fight for the best patch in a graceful aerial competition
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A Scottish Fly Moves In...
great aren't they horses just a graceful loyal self-satisfied pampered sniveling little my little ponies every last one of them you show me a humble horse mate and i'll show you a unicorn they don't exist i mean we
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Amy Purdy: Living beyond...
And I began to daydream. I daydreamed like I did as a little girl and I imagined myself walking gracefully, helping other people through my journey and snowboarding again.
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Probing Platypus...
they're extremely awkward on land and not exactly graceful in the water but there's something endearing about these egg-laying mammals platypuses can only
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Baboon Attack! PIPE...
until now such an orchestrated attack on flamingos has rarely been witnessed or recorded the graceful wading birds become a
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Robots with "soul" PIPE Guy...
and used that to design my robotic desk lamp. So I went and designed frame by frame to try to make this robot as graceful and engaging as possible. And here when you see the robot interacting with me on a desktop -- and I'm actually redesigning the robot, so, unbeknownst to itself, it's kind of digging its own grave by helping me.
Video examples
Beyond the edge of the...
magazine I don't know why I don't care about the bottom of the sea but I don't this is a pervasive view because I think we don't really understand what's down there what is down there can be really stunning glorious animals very exquisite and design very graceful in their
Video examples
This is Sparta: Fierce...
It was common for boys to die on the altar of the goddess. Fortunately, not everything was as brutal as that. Young Spartans were also taught how to read, write, and dance, which taught them graceful control of their movements and helped them in combat.
Video examples
The astounding athletic...
In this instance, this knowledge allows us to design novel machine architectures or to design clever algorithms that gracefully handle damage, just like human athletes do, instead of building machines with redundancy. We can't help but hold our breath
Video examples
Inside a cartoonist's...
or gives the punchline. Nothing should be in the cartoon that is not absolutely necessary for the advancement of the idea. The image and words have to dance together in a way that makes sense. It could be a graceful dance, or an awkward dance,
Video examples
Deadly Buffalo Fight for...
that what every girl wants is fast flowing water rich in life-giving oxygen as the best place to lay her eggs each male in his shining metallic armor is prepared to fight for the best patch in a graceful aerial competition
Video examples
A Scottish Fly Moves In...
great aren't they horses just a graceful loyal self-satisfied pampered sniveling little my little ponies every last one of them you show me a humble horse mate and i'll show you a unicorn they don't exist i mean we
Video examples
Amy Purdy: Living beyond...
And I began to daydream. I daydreamed like I did as a little girl and I imagined myself walking gracefully, helping other people through my journey and snowboarding again.
Video examples
Probing Platypus...
they're extremely awkward on land and not exactly graceful in the water but there's something endearing about these egg-laying mammals platypuses can only
Video examples
Baboon Attack! PIPE...
until now such an orchestrated attack on flamingos has rarely been witnessed or recorded the graceful wading birds become a
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Taylor Swift
American Singer
I would love to continue in music, with writing... but I am not the kind of person who will hang around if I start to become irrelevant. If that happens, I will bow down gracefully, raise my kids, and have a garden. And I am going to let my hair go gray when I am older. I don't need to be blonde when I'm 60!
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Jennifer Jason Leigh
American Actress
I love acting, but I am a mom, and the roles just weren't coming because of a mixture of things: because I'm not ambitious, and because I'm older, and I had a baby. I really felt like I had said a graceful and completely happy goodbye to acting in a significant way. And I had sort of made my peace with that.
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Melania Trump
American First Lady
A lot of people say I am using all the procedures for my face. I didn't do anything. I live a healthy life; I take care of my skin and my body. I'm against Botox. I'm against injections; I think it's damaging your face, damaging your nerves. It's all me. I will age gracefully, as my mom does.
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Jessica Springsteen
American Athlete
The best riders in the world with the best horses make it look so elegant and graceful. When you watch it done well, it looks so easy that it's difficult for the public to understand how hard this really is.
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Erma Bombeck
American Journalist
I have a hat. It is graceful and feminine and give me a certain dignity, as if I were attending a state funeral or something. Someday I may get up enough courage to wear it, instead of carrying it.
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Karlie Kloss
American Model
Christy Turlington is my idol. She really is. She's a gorgeous woman inside and out. I admire her work in the charity field. She's just been able to balance it all - and gracefully, as well.
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Jamie Lee Curtis
American Actress
I've been going through photos of my mother, looking back on her life and trying to put it into context. Very few people age gracefully enough to be photographed through their aging.
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Rachel Nichols
American Actress
People ask me about fighting in real life and, honestly, it wouldn't look as graceful as it does in film and TV.
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Jaya Prada
Indian Actress
Simplicity and honesty make a person most graceful, but in today's world, they are overrated.
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Clint Eastwood
American Actor
I think being able to age gracefully is a very important talent. It is too late for me.
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Taylor Swift
American Singer
I would love to continue in music, with writing... but I am not the kind of person who will hang around if I start to become irrelevant. If that happens, I will bow down gracefully, raise my kids, and have a garden. And I am going to let my hair go gray when I am older. I don't need to be blonde when I'm 60!
Quote examples
Jennifer Jason Leigh
American Actress
I love acting, but I am a mom, and the roles just weren't coming because of a mixture of things: because I'm not ambitious, and because I'm older, and I had a baby. I really felt like I had said a graceful and completely happy goodbye to acting in a significant way. And I had sort of made my peace with that.
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Melania Trump
American First Lady
A lot of people say I am using all the procedures for my face. I didn't do anything. I live a healthy life; I take care of my skin and my body. I'm against Botox. I'm against injections; I think it's damaging your face, damaging your nerves. It's all me. I will age gracefully, as my mom does.
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Jessica Springsteen
American Athlete
The best riders in the world with the best horses make it look so elegant and graceful. When you watch it done well, it looks so easy that it's difficult for the public to understand how hard this really is.
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Erma Bombeck
American Journalist
I have a hat. It is graceful and feminine and give me a certain dignity, as if I were attending a state funeral or something. Someday I may get up enough courage to wear it, instead of carrying it.
Quote examples
Karlie Kloss
American Model
Christy Turlington is my idol. She really is. She's a gorgeous woman inside and out. I admire her work in the charity field. She's just been able to balance it all - and gracefully, as well.
Quote examples
Jamie Lee Curtis
American Actress
I've been going through photos of my mother, looking back on her life and trying to put it into context. Very few people age gracefully enough to be photographed through their aging.
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Rachel Nichols
American Actress
People ask me about fighting in real life and, honestly, it wouldn't look as graceful as it does in film and TV.
Quote examples
Jaya Prada
Indian Actress
Simplicity and honesty make a person most graceful, but in today's world, they are overrated.
Quote examples
Clint Eastwood
American Actor
I think being able to age gracefully is a very important talent. It is too late for me.
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