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gracility

gracility noun: the property or condition of being gracile.

Noun

gracility (countable and uncountable, plural gracilities)

  1. (often) The property or condition of being gracile.
    • Stephen L. Whittington, David M. Reed (eds.) (2006), Bones of the Maya: Studies of Ancient Skeletons, Tuscaloosa, Ala: University of Alabama Press, →ISBN, page 69: “Gracility is usually considered a female characteristic and contrasts strikingly here with the robusticity and large size of the...

Synonyms of gracility

Forms of gracility

pluralgracilities

Origin of gracility

From gracile + -ity.

Questions about gracility

What does gracility mean?
Gracility means the property or condition of being gracile.
What part of speech is gracility?
Gracility is a noun.
What is the plural of gracility?
The plural of gracility is gracilities.

Words near gracility in the dictionary

  1. gracilises
  2. gracilising
  3. gracilisuchid
  4. gracilisuchids
  5. gracilities
  6. gracility
  7. gracilization
  8. gracilize
  9. gracilized
  10. gracilizes
  11. gracilizing

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