GRACE, GRACEFUL, GRACEFULNESS
ADJECTIVES
► AIRY-FAIRY having the ethereal qualities associated with a fairy; delicate; light; graceful; immaterial; also, enchanting, magical → 1837
► AVENANT handsome, comely, graceful; pleasant → 1340 obs.
► FACETE elegant, graceful, polished → a1635 obs.
► FEAT of movements: dexterous, graceful → 1519 obs. exc. arch. & Eng. dial.
► FEATLY graceful; of a dress: neat, well-fitting → 1801 arch.
► GAIN smart, active; nimble; graceful → 1896 Eng. dial.
► GAINLY of conduct: graceful, tactful; of bodily form or movement: graceful, shapely → 1855
► LEGGIADROUS graceful, elegant → 1648 obs.
► LIGHTSOME light, graceful, elegant → 1578
► PULCHRITUDINOUS beautiful, graceful, or fine in any way; comely; morally excellent → 1912 US
► SMALL graceful → c1275 obs.
► STREAM-LINE of persons: slim and graceful → c1932
► STREAM-LINED. of persons: slim and graceful → c1932
► SWIMMY graceful, elegant → 1827 obs.
► VENUST handsome, beautiful; elegant, graceful; comely in appearance → 1513 obs.
NOUNS
► DECORE grace, honour, glory, beauty, adornment → 1513 obs.
► DECORUM beauty arising from fitness, or from absence of the incongruous; comeliness; grace; gracefulness → 1613 obs.
► FEATLINESS gracefulness, elegance → 1843 arch.
► GARB ► GARBE grace, elegance, stylishness of manners or appearance → 1591 obs.
► ORE grace, favour, mercy, pity, clemency → a1000 obs.
► WANGRACE lack of grace, want of propriety → 1513 Sc. obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► FAIRY a small graceful woman or child → 1838
► SYLPH a graceful woman or girl → 1839
VERBS
► DECORATE to adorn, to beautify, to embellish; to grace, to honour → 1530 obs.
► UNHIGHT to deprive of grace or beauty → 1387 obs.