单词	gracile
释义	gracile adjective grac·​ile ˈgra-səl  -ˌsī(-ə)l  1 : slender, slight 2 : graceful 3 : of, relating to, resembling, or being a relatively small slender australopithecine (genus Australopithecus) characterized especially by molars and incisors of similar size that are adapted to a diet including both plant matter and animal flesh compare robust sense 5 gracileness noun gracility gra-ˈsi-lə-tē  noun Synonyms agile featly feline graceful light light-footed light-foot lightsome lissome lissom lithe lithesome nimble spry See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences gracile as any pair of classically trained dancers, the bride and groom made their way around the dance floor Recent Examples on the Web Elephant bones by comparison are gracile, slender—they’re like twigs compared to mastodons. Peter Brannen, The Atlantic, 22 June 2022 The bright colors and gracile X-braces of the Eames House are written all across the Pompidou Center. Thomas De Monchaux, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2022 Homotherium was not the only carnivore on the Pleistocene landscape, and the gracile cats might have faced competition from Ice Age hyenas, bears and other cats. Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 June 2021 At first glance, there would seem to be nothing to find in that little house of Cobb’s signature masterpiece, the gracile glass skyscraper that still crowns Boston’s skyline and is the quintessence of what design historians call high modernism. Thomas De Monchaux, The New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2019 Gracile skulls due to the Mongoloid’s very recent evolutionary development. Longreads, 1 Aug. 2017 Word History Etymology Latin gracilis First Known Use 1623, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Medical Definition gracile adjective grac·​ile ˈgras-əl  -ˌīl  : being slender or slight gracile adjective as in graceful moving easily gracile as any pair of classically trained dancers, the bride and groom made their way around the dance floor Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance graceful agile lithesome lithe lissome nimble lissom feline spry balletic lightsome light-footed featly flexible light limber pliant supple acrobatic dexterous athletic loose-jointed pliable light-foot dextrous adroit deft coordinated fleet-footed sure-footed light-fingered Antonyms & Near Antonyms ungainly clumsy gawky awkward ungraceful lumbering graceless rigid uncoordinated inflexible stiff klutzy inept maladroit bungling See More
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