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(also figuratively) Lean, slender, thin. / (chiefly zoology, anthropology, paleontology) Of an animal or skeletal element: having a slender frame. / Graceful or gracefully slender.

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gracile

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gracile

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈɡɹæsaɪl/

Adjective

also figuratively

Japanese Meaning

華奢な、細身の / 優雅でしなやかな / （主に動物や骨格に関して）スレンダーな体格の

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The gracile branches of the willow brushed the canal's surface as if tracing elegant calligraphy.

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しなやかな柳の枝が運河の水面を撫で、まるで優雅な書道の線を描くかのようだった。

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(also figuratively) Lean, slender, thin.

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(chiefly zoology, anthropology, paleontology) Of an animal or skeletal element: having a slender frame.

This tentative comparison, plus consideration of individual skulls, shows the Neolithic pre-Greeks more Mediterranean than the Greeks, with emphasis on intermediate or gracile Mediterranean rather more than on the rugged Basic White trend, …

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