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gracile

[ gras-il ]

adjective

  1. gracefully slender.
  2. slender; thin.


gracile

/ ˈɡræsaɪl; ɡræˈsɪlɪtɪ /

adjective

  1. gracefully thin or slender
  2. a less common word for graceful
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • gracility, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²µ°ù²¹Â·³¦¾±±ô·¾±Â·³Ù²â [gra-, sil, -i-tee, gr, uh, -], ²µ°ù²¹³¦î€ƒi±ô±ð·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of gracile1

First recorded in 1615–25, gracile is from the Latin word gracilis slender, slight, thin
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of gracile1

C17: from Latin gracilis slender
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Judging from its unique adaptations, this was a particularly gracile and innovative predator that possessed clawed digits primed for pouncing onto the backs of larger animals.

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Bamforth also noted that the hand was "relatively slender and gracile" and may have mimicked the arm and hand of a small adult or adolescent.

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This "big toe" is not only more gracile in chimpanzees, but it curves toward the other toes enabling a greater flexing motion.

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One gracile young warrior, who some researchers had previously speculated might be female, turned out to be male.

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Brazil’s top star, Neymar, is a gracile wisp of murder, and France’s squad is, on paper, mercilessly stacked.

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