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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] |
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] |
fluent |
graceful and smooth, as curves. [1/4 definitions] |
fluid |
smooth and graceful. [1/5 definitions] |
gazelle |
any of several graceful African and Asian antelopes with ringed, slightly curved horns. |
gracile |
graceful. [1/2 definitions] |
grazioso |
in a graceful, elegant manner (used as a musical direction). |
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 graceful and effortless cantering or running movement. [1/3 definitions] |
minuet |
a slow, graceful dance in three-quarter time, popular in Europe and America in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. [1/2 definitions] |
nymph |
a beautiful or graceful girl or young woman. [1/3 definitions] |
restraint |
the quality of being emotionally reserved; graceful constraint of one's feelings; freedom from exaggeration. [1/4 definitions] |
silken |
smooth or pleasing; graceful or refined. [1/2 definitions] |
spirituel |
having or exhibiting a refined nature and, esp., a quick graceful wit or mind. |
springbok |
a graceful brown and white gazelle of southern Africa that leaps high into the air when startled. |
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