graceful

US: /ˈɡɹeɪsfəɫ/
UK: /ɡɹˈe‍ɪsfə‍l/


English Vietnamese dictionary


graceful /'greisful/
  • tính từ
    • có duyên, duyên dáng, yêu kiều
    • phong nhã, thanh nhã

Advanced English dictionary


+ adjective
1 moving in a controlled, attractive way or having a smooth, attractive form: The dancers were all tall and graceful. + He gave a graceful bow to the audience. + the graceful curves of the hills + Dolphins are incredibly graceful and efficient swimmers.
2 polite and kind in your behaviour, especially in a difficult situation: His father had always taught him to be graceful in defeat. + At the age of 70, she withdrew into graceful retirement.
gracefully adverb: The cathedral's white towers climb gracefully into the sky. + I think we should just give in gracefully. + Deer ran gracefully between the trees.

Thesaurus dictionary


adj.
1 fluid, flowing, supple, lissom or lissome, lithe, facile, smooth, nimble, agile, deft:
How graceful a dancer she is!
2 tactful, well-mannered, polite, courteous, mannerly, refined, tasteful, elegant, courtly, urbane, polished, refined, suave:
In return for certain concessions, the chief was graceful enough to release the hostages.

Concise English dictionary


greɪsfʊl
adj.
+characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution
+suggesting taste, ease, and wealth