ENGLISH DICTIONARY

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

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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