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gracile

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grac·ile  (grsl, -l)
adj.
1. Gracefully slender.
2. Graceful.

[Latin gracilis.]

gra·cili·ty (gr-sl-t) n.

gracile [ˈgræsaɪl]
adj
1. gracefully thin or slender
2. a less common word for graceful
[from Latin gracilis slender]
gracility  [græˈsɪlɪtɪ], gracileness n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.gracile - slender and graceful
graceful - characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution


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compressus dentition was more specialized than that of extant peccaries in that the incisors and canines were more gracile, the maxillary second incisor was reduced to a small peg, and I3 was lost entirely (Kurten & Anderson 1980).
Basta leggere il passo sulle debolezze fisiche del vate per notare lo stile altisonante del critico che sara poi riproposto in vari modi da altri scrittori ottocenteschi: Una strana debolezza di muscoli lo aveva renduto dalla nascita gracile e cagionevole; ma la sua prima giovinezza piena di brio, e di alacrita, non risentissi punto di quegli incomodi, che tanto grave gli rendettero la virilita, e la vecchiaia.
Eunotia pectinalis (Kützing) Rabenhorst e Gomphonema gracile Ehrenberg foram abundantes cm fev/05 e mai/05 e Lyngbya ceylanica Wille, cm mai/05.
 
 
 
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