graceful

• [2] Far more interesting as a literary composition is the little work known as Rιcits d'un Mιnestrel de Reims (1260), a lively, graceful, and often dramatic collection of traditions, anecdotes, dialogues, made rather for the purposes of popular entertainment than of formal instruction, and expressing the ideas of the middle classes on men and things. —  A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II.
• She had evidently walked a long distance that morning Her figure was slight and graceful, and her face very beautiful. —  The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
• The figures are so graceful, and the music is bewitching It seems unnatural for one of your age to be merely a spectator. —  Floyd Grandon's Honor
• The newcomer was slim and graceful, and Judith saw with sudden envy that her hair was like spun gold and her eyes as blue as forget-me-nots Tim danced with no one else, and in spite of Jack's attentions and no lack of interesting partners, Judith began to feel a little disconsolate. —  Judy of York Hill
• Planting is one of the most graceful, as in Athens it was one of the most beneficent, of employments. —  The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VI (of X)—Great Britain and Ireland IV

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