GRACEFUL

graceful

(adjective) characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution

elegant, graceful, refined

(adjective) suggesting taste, ease, and wealth

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

graceful (comparative more graceful, superlative most graceful)

Having or showing grace in movement, shape, or proportion.

(computing) Gradual and non-disruptive.

Antonyms

• graceless

• clumsy

Source: Wiktionary


Grace"ful, a.

Definition: 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 Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee Trivia

Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.

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