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grac⋅ile

  [gras-il]
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–adjective
1. gracefully slender.
2. slender; thin.
Origin:
1615–25; < L gracilis slender, slight, thin

Related forms:
gra⋅cil⋅i⋅ty  [gra-sil-i-tee, gruh-] , grac⋅ile⋅ness, noun
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grac·ile   (grās'əl, -īl')   
adj.  
  1. Gracefully slender.
  2. Graceful.

[Latin gracilis.]
gra·cil'i·ty (grə-sĭl'ĭ-tē) n.
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Gracility

Gra*cil"i*ty\, n. [L. gracilitas; cf. F. gracilit['e].] State of being gracilent; slenderness. --Milman. "Youthful gracility." --W. D. Howells.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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