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graceful  /ˈɡreɪs fəl/ ? Meaning of "graceful"

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Definition(s):

  1. (adj) characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution
  2. (adj) suggesting taste, ease, and wealth

Synonym(s)

refined

Usage(s):

  1. As graceful an artist as he is on the tennis court, no true artist paints with two hands.
  2. Lopez's lunge for icon status has not always been graceful.
  3. A graceful exit is never easy in a business as fraught with ego and ambition as presidential politics.

Quotes

  1. Though not asked specifically about the Iraq Study Group recommendations, Bush said, "There's a lot of speculation that these reports in Washington mean there's going to be some kind of graceful exit out of Iraq. This business about a graceful exit...
    on Nov 30, 2006 By: President Bush Source: USA Today

  2. "I firmly believe if (political parties) do not focus on old grudges and there's plenty in Pakistan and give him a graceful way to move," then it could happen, Biden, a Democrat, said on ABC television.
    on Feb 25, 2008 By: Joe Biden Source: ABC News

  3. "The choice of timing was particularly graceful," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told journalists sarcastically during a trip to Jerusalem.
    on Jun 29, 2010 By: Sergey Lavrov Source: National Post (registration) (blog)

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