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Graceful

Displaying grace or beauty in form or action; elegant; easy; agreeable in appearance; as, a graceful walk, deportment, speaker, air, act, speech.

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Elegant 84% connected

Very choice, and hence, pleasing to good taste; characterized by grace, propriety, and refinement, and the absence of every thing offensive; exciting…

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Elegant 84% connected

Very choice, and hence, pleasing to good taste; characterized by grace, propriety, and refinement, and the absence of every thing offensive; exciting…

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Fluent 84% connected

Flowing or capable of flowing; liquid; glodding; easily moving.

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Fluent 84% connected

Flowing or capable of flowing; liquid; glodding; easily moving.

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Fluid 84% connected

Having particles which easily move and change their relative position without a separation of the mass, and which easily yield to pressure; capable o…

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Fluid 84% connected

Having particles which easily move and change their relative position without a separation of the mass, and which easily yield to pressure; capable o…

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Gainly 84% connected

Handily; readily; dexterously; advantageously.

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Gainly 84% connected

Handily; readily; dexterously; advantageously.

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Gracile 84% connected

Alt. of Gracillent

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Gracile 84% connected

Alt. of Gracillent

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Gracious 84% connected

Abounding in grace or mercy; manifesting love,. or bestowing mercy; characterized by grace; beneficent; merciful; disposed to show kindness or favor;…

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Gracious 84% connected

Abounding in grace or mercy; manifesting love,. or bestowing mercy; characterized by grace; beneficent; merciful; disposed to show kindness or favor;…

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Liquid 84% connected

Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid.

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Liquid 84% connected

Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid.

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Lissom 84% connected

Alt. of Lissome

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Lissom 84% connected

Alt. of Lissome

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Lissome 84% connected

Limber; supple; flexible; lithe; lithesome.

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Lissome 84% connected

Limber; supple; flexible; lithe; lithesome.

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Lithe 84% connected

To listen or listen to; to hearken to.

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Lithe 84% connected

To listen or listen to; to hearken to.

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Lithesome 84% connected

Pliant; limber; flexible; supple; nimble; lissom.

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Lithesome 84% connected

Pliant; limber; flexible; supple; nimble; lissom.

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Sinuous 84% connected

Bending in and out; of a serpentine or undulating form; winding; crooked.

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Sinuous 84% connected

Bending in and out; of a serpentine or undulating form; winding; crooked.

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Smooth 84% connected

Having an even surface, or a surface so even that no roughness or points can be perceived by the touch; not rough; as, smooth glass; smooth porcelain.

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Smooth 84% connected

Having an even surface, or a surface so even that no roughness or points can be perceived by the touch; not rough; as, smooth glass; smooth porcelain.

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Supple 84% connected

Pliant; flexible; easily bent; as, supple joints; supple fingers.

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Supple 84% connected

Pliant; flexible; easily bent; as, supple joints; supple fingers.

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Willowy 84% connected

Abounding with willows.

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Willowy 84% connected

Abounding with willows.

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Beautiful 66% connected

Having the qualities which constitute beauty; pleasing to the sight or the mind.

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Beautiful 66% connected

Having the qualities which constitute beauty; pleasing to the sight or the mind.

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Elegant 66% connected

Very choice, and hence, pleasing to good taste; characterized by grace, propriety, and refinement, and the absence of every thing offensive; exciting…

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Elegant 66% connected

Very choice, and hence, pleasing to good taste; characterized by grace, propriety, and refinement, and the absence of every thing offensive; exciting…

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Synonym 2

Elegant 92% connected

Very choice, and hence, pleasing to good taste; characterized by grace, propriety, and refinement, and the absence of every thing offensive; exciting…

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Refined 92% connected

of Refine

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Awkward 94% connected

Wanting dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments; not dexterous; without skill; clumsy; wanting ease, grace, or effectiveness in movement…

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Awkward 94% connected

Wanting dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments; not dexterous; without skill; clumsy; wanting ease, grace, or effectiveness in movement…

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