different between gracefully vs gracile

English

Etymology

graceful +? -ly

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???e?sf?li/
• Hyphenation: grace?ful?ly

Adverb

gracefully (comparative more gracefully, superlative most gracefully)

1. In a graceful manner.
   • 1975, Bob Dylan, "Shelter from the Storm"

     Suddenly I turned around and she was standin' there

     With silver bracelets on her wrists and flowers in her hair

     She walked up to me so gracefully and took my crown of thorns

     "Come in," she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm"

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French gracil, gracile (“slender, thin”) (modern French gracile (“gracile”)), or directly from its etymon Latin gracilis (“slender, slim, thin; lean, meagre, scanty; simple, unadorned”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ker?- (“to become thin; to wane”). Sense 2 (“graceful or gracefully slender”) was apparently influenced by the non-cognate word grace. The English word is cognate with Italian gracile (“delicate, frail; slender, thin”), Portuguese grácil, Spanish grácil (“graceful; delicate; slender”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???æsa?l/, /-s?l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???æ?sa?l/, /???æs?l/, /???e??sa?l/
• Hyphenation: grac?ile

Adjective

gracile (comparative more gracile, superlative most gracile)

1. (also figuratively) Lean, slender, thin.

   Synonyms: (rare) gracilent, lithe, svelte, willowy; see also Thesaurus:slender

   1. (anthropology, specifically) Of a hominid: having a slender body frame.

      Antonym: robust
2. Graceful or gracefully slender.

   Synonyms: catlike, elegant

Derived terms

• gracility
• gracilize

Related terms

• gracilent
• gracilis

Translations

References

Further reading

• gracility on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Cargile, glacier

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gracilis. Doublet of grêle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??a.sil/

Adjective

gracile (plural graciles)

1. gracile

Derived terms

• gracilement

Further reading

• “gracile” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology

From Latin gracilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ra.t??i.le/
• Rhymes: -at?ile

Adjective

gracile (plural gracili)

1. delicate, frail, weakly
2. slender, thin

Derived terms

• gracilmente

Related terms

• gracilità

Anagrams

• grecali, legarci

Further reading

• gracile in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Adjective

gracile

1. nominative neuter singular of gracilis
2. accusative neuter singular of gracilis
3. vocative neuter singular of gracilis