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gracility

[gras-il]

grac·ile

[gras-il]
adjective
1.
gracefully slender.
2.
slender; thin.

Origin:
1615–25; < Latin gracilis slender, slight, thin

gra·cil·i·ty [gra-sil-i-tee, gruh-] , grac·ile·ness, noun
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Gracility is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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gracile (ˈɡræsaɪl)
 
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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