gracefulness
Movement without awkwardness
Gracefulness is elegance and ease of movement or manner.
A dancer's gracefulness shows in fluid, effortless motion; a diplomat's gracefulness appears in tactful navigation of difficult situations.
The quality suggests beauty achieved without apparent strain: She handled the awkward question with unexpected gracefulness.
Elegance of manner
- sophisticationCultured elegance and complexity
- poiseGraceful, unshakable calm
- finesseSubtle, deft handling
- polishSmooth by rubbing
charm · delicacy · style · class · dignity · chic · taste · cultivation
State of flowing freely
- smoothnessFreedom from irregularity
- agilityQuickness and ease
- supplenessCapacity to bend easily
- flexibilityAbility to adapt easily
coordination · dexterity · lightness · nimbleness · ease · flow · litheness · sinuousness
Classical dance on pointe
- pirouetteBallet turn on one foot
- arabesqueFlowing ornamental design
- waltzDance in three-quarter time
- pliéBallet knee-bending movement
pointe · jeté · choreography · ballerina · adagio · allegro · flamenco · glide
Body position, alignment
- carriageWheeled passenger vehicle
- bearingPosture or orientation
- stanceStanding posture or viewpoint
- gaitLocomotion pattern
deportment · silhouette · proportions · alignment · contour · svelteness · willowy · lithe
refinement
Elegance of manner
- sophisticationCultured elegance and complexity
- poiseGraceful, unshakable calm
- finesseSubtle, deft handling
polish · charm · delicacy · style · class · dignity · chic · taste · cultivation · distinction
fluidity
State of flowing freely
- smoothnessFreedom from irregularity
- agilityQuickness and ease
- supplenessCapacity to bend easily
flexibility · coordination · dexterity · lightness · nimbleness · ease · flow · litheness · sinuousness · effortlessness
ballet
Classical dance on pointe
plié · pointe · jeté · choreography · ballerina · adagio · allegro · flamenco · glide · twirl
posture
Body position, alignment
gait · deportment · silhouette · proportions · alignment · contour · svelteness · willowy · lithe · slender
- movementwalk, move, go, run, jump
- etiquettemanners, politeness, etiquette, table manners, courtesy
- graceelegance, poise, finesse, fluidity, flow
- GracesThalia, goddesses, elegance, splendor, radiance
- delicacydelicacy, daintiness, fineness, fragility, frailty
- femininitygentleness, softness, dainty, delicate, elegance
gracefulnessclumsiness
Lack of physical grace
awkwardness · ungainliness · gawkiness · gracelessness · stiffness
gracefulnessinelegance
Lack of polish
coarseness · crudeness · gracelessness · uncouthness · gaucheness
grace, graceful, gracious, disgrace, disgraceful, disgraced, graceless, ungracious, ungraceful