gracefulness

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graceful
By contrast, ' graceful ' does tell us something about someone's dancing when that action is said to be (truly) graceful. 26.
However, it is not clear that being ' pure ' act is a true property in the same sense as ' graceful ' dancing is.
The dominant cultural discourse in the ' dance exercise ' curriculum focused on graceful movement of the body in relation to others.
Nothing heroic such as going out of a tent and not coming back, but something graceful, practical, and helpful.
As he does so, he instructs his patron in the art of giving by asserting that obliqueness (rather than directness) makes the favour more graceful.
The proudly held head was supported on a long, graceful neck, on superb shoulders.
Especially important are cartographic techniques that locate land grants on modern base maps ; indeed, the numerous maps are graceful and effective.
The performance might best be described as a dance - the four hands moved with graceful gestures over the keys.
I'd rather stay agnostic on this, even for a very graceful robot.
She danced like a swan, tall and graceful.
He believes that graceful application of usage traditions and modern nuances can both attract and inform broad audiences.
The social construction of the older person was as a graceful body involved in movement, so forming patterns with others.
The graceful second subject bizarrely never recurs, and another simpler theme presented by the soloist takes precedence.
In a culture which develops slowly enough to allow a graceful accommodation folkways may be drawn together into rich and intricate institutional patterns.
She is opulent, graceful, and beautiful, and conducts herself in a very dignified manner.
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