gracile.

Slender or lightly built in an elegant or delicate way.

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Words that belong together

• gracile limbs
• gracile form

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The creature moved on gracile limbs.

A gracile figure stood beside the heavy doorway.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary. Forms: Comparative more gracile; superlative most gracile where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.