graceful

CEFRB1

/ˈɡɹeɪsfʊl/

adjective

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Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

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The athlete's graceful acceptance of the controversial second-place finish won the admiration of the spectators.
She is a graceful dancer.
Bringing a system down cleanly will preserve the operating system and some log files, but again will destroy the contents of the RAM (the volatile data). Windows and Linux are two operating systems that require a graceful shutdown.

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Bringing a system down cleanly will preserve the operating system and some log files, but again will destroy the contents of the RAM (the volatile data). Windows and Linux are two operating systems that require a graceful shutdown.
2009, Dale Liu, Cisco Router and Switch Forensics
The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. […] The bed was the most extravagant piece. Its graceful cane halftester rose high towards the cornice and was so festooned in carved white wood that the effect was positively insecure, as if the great couch were trimmed with icing sugar.
1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC

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From Middle English graceful. By surface analysis, grace + -ful.