gracile
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ɪl adjective
1.
gracefully slender.
2.
slender; thin.
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gracile (ˈɡræsaɪl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | gracefully thin or slender |
| 2. | a less common word for graceful |
| [C17: from Latin gracilis slender] | |
| gracility | |
| —n | |
| 'gracileness | |
| —n | |
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Gracile
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Example sentences
They went from gracile people to blimps with rotten teeth and facial deformities in the space of a generation.
Some convergence of features--dark skin and small, gracile form--is to be expected in peoples who have evolved in the tropics.
Even giant forms had a surprisingly gracile, slender neck.
They thus connect the cerebellum with the gracile and cuneate nuclei of the opposite side.
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