GRACILITY

grace, gracility

(noun) elegance and beauty of movement or expression; “a beautiful figure which she used in subtle movements of unparalleled grace”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

gracility (countable and uncountable, plural gracilities)

(often, anatomy, botany, zoology) The property or condition of being gracile.

Synonyms

• slenderness, thinness

Source: Wiktionary


Gra*cil"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. gracilitas; cf. F. gracilité.]

Definition: State of being gracilent; slenderness. Milman. "Youthful gracility." W. D. Howells.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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