Gracility
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Gracility is a noun meaning (often anatomy, botany, zoology) The property or condition of being gracile.
Meaning
(often anatomy, botany, zoology) The property or condition of being gracile.
Example Sentences
Stephen L. Whittington, David M. Reed (eds.) (2006), Bones of the Maya: Studies of Ancient Skeletons, Tuscaloosa, Ala: University of Alabama Press, →ISBN, page 69: “Gracility is usually considered a female characteristic and contrasts strikingly here with the robusticity and large size of the mandible.”
Word Forms
- gracilities
Synonyms for gracility
Depending on context, synonyms include slenderness, thinness, grace.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include grace, slenderness, gracefulness, graciousness, grippleness, gracelessness.
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