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graceful

 adjective
     
grace‧ful
1 moving in a smooth and attractive way, or having an attractive shape or form:
Her movements were graceful and elegant.
The branches formed a graceful curve.
2 behaving in a polite and pleasant way:
Her father was a quiet man with graceful manners.
—gracefully adverb:
She rose gracefully to her feet.
—gracefulness noun [uncountable]
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