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gracile

[ gras-il ]

/ ˈgræs ɪl /

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adjective

gracefully slender.

slender; thin.

Origin of gracile

First recorded in 1615–25, gracile is from the Latin word gracilis slender, slight, thin

OTHER WORDS FROM gracile

gra·cil·i·ty

[gra-sil-i-tee, gruh-] /græˈsɪl ɪ ti, grə-/, grac·ile·ness, noun

Words nearby gracile

grace-and-favour, graceful, graceless, graces, gracias, gracile, gracilis, gracilis muscle, gracioso, gracious, grackle

Example sentences from the Web for gracile

Beatrice suggests to me something slim and gracile rather than two hundred pounds of hump-backed and enterprising pork.

The Red Cow and Her Friends |Peter McArthur
He studied Persis; how beautiful she was, how soft and gracile, how apt to endearments!

What Will People Say? |Rupert Hughes
Before he recognized the olive-green tailor suit which he had come to know, he noticed the firm yet gracile move of her.

The Readjustment |Will Irwin
Varro ascribes to him the gracile genus dicendi, the distinguishing features of which were venustas and subtilitas.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 3 |Various

She heard it, too, for the gracile fingers fell from the strings.

The Valiants of Virginia |Hallie Erminie Rives

British Dictionary definitions for gracile

gracile

/ (ˈɡræsaɪl) /

adjective

gracefully thin or slender

a less common word for graceful

Derived forms of gracile

gracility (ɡræˈsɪlɪtɪ) or gracileness, noun

Word Origin for gracile

C17: from Latin gracilis slender