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GRACEFULNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Beautiful carriage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("gracefulness" is a kind of...):
bearing; carriage; posture (characteristic way of bearing one's body)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gracefulness"):
grace; gracility (elegance and beauty of movement or expression)
agility; legerity; lightness; lightsomeness; nimbleness (the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble)
lissomeness; litheness; suppleness (the gracefulness of a person or animal that is flexible and supple)
Antonym:
awkwardness (the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant)
Derivation:
graceful (characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution)
