graceful
/ˈɡɹeɪsfəɫ/
adjective
moving in a pleasing and attractive way, or having an appealing shape
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1They're graceful.
2He's graceful.
3Was it graceful?
4Be graceful.
5- Was it graceful.
coordinated
/koʊˈɔɹdəneɪtɪd/
adjective
being capable of using a set of muscles to perform a single task
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1Coordinated action worked!
2Two days before the boycotts, the U.S. and Europe launched coordinated sanctions.
3They're very coordinated.
4They were very coordinated.
5I'm so coordinated!
deft
/ˈdɛft/
adjective
having quick and skillful movements
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1- Deft? - Deft, you have deft hands.
2- Deft? - Deft, you have deft hands.
3- Deft? - Deft, you have deft hands.
4On a windy day like today, that will take some especially deft maneuvering.
5I think the interviews are more deft
languid
/ˈɫæŋɡwəd/
adjective
moving in a slow, effortless, and attractive manner
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1A languid pace, just as I suspected.
2It's cold, open eyes are staring back at you as its languid, scrunched up form fills every available space in that alcove.
3There's the languid.
4It's very languid in terms of the pulse here.
5Our visitor glanced with some apparent surprise at the languid, lounging figure of the man who had been no doubt depicted to him as the most incisive reasoner and most energetic agent in Europe.
light-footed
/lˈaɪtfˈʊɾᵻd/
adjective
moving fast and with grace

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lithe
/ˈɫaɪð/
adjective
being flexible and moving in an attractive way
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1He's younger, more lithe, and a little smarter.
2He's quick and he's nimble, and he's lithe, which are the qualities you need to do what he's doing.
3Miss Virginia E. Otis was a little girl of fifteen, lithe and lovely as a fawn, and with a fine freedom in her large blue eyes.
4I want to see lithe Negro girls, Etched dark against the sky, While sunset lingers.
5But in Room, the 2015 movie about a kidnapped woman that brought her so much attention and acclaim, her body was much more lithe and razor-sharp.
loose-limbed
/lˈuːslˈɪmd/
adjective
(of a person) moving in a relaxed way, and not stiff
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1Release your left elbow and enjoy that loose-limbed feeling.
nimble
/ˈnɪmbəɫ/
adjective
moving fast with ease and agility
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1[Jaune]: Blake be nimble!
2We're nimble.
3It’s nimble.
4We're nimble.
5The calf is far more nimble on its feet than the adults.
supple
/ˈsəpəɫ/
adjective
flexible, pliant, and able to move with ease and grace
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1They're supple
2And your meats look supple as ever.
3It feels supple.
4Now I'm supple.
5And the breast feels very supple.
ungainly
/ənˈɡeɪnɫi/
adjective
moving in a way that is awkward and not smooth
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1The ship is ungainly.
2It just looks ungainly.
3Slowly over several days, the ungainly caterpillar transforms into a beautiful birdwing butterfly.
4Up here on land, they're impossibly ungainly and out of place.
5Even for Faulkner, it's very ungainly syntax or deliberate syntax.
uncoordinated
/ənkoʊˈɔɹdəneɪtɪd/
adjective
incapable of moving one's muscles together with ease
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1Destin's probably just an uncoordinated engineer and can't do it.
2And they're completely uncoordinated.
3At first his crawl will be a bit uncoordinated.
4I'm very uncoordinated.
5The most uncoordinated human I've ever met.
lumbering
/ˈɫəmbɝɪŋ/
adjective
moving slowly or in an awkward way because of being heavy
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1Lumbering increased Minty’s physical strength and put her in touch with free black sailors who shipped the wood to the North.
graceless
/ˈɡɹeɪsɫəs/
adjective
moving in a way that is not attractive or smooth
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1Envy is a graceless way of confronting an idea that is, in other contexts, fundamental to decent ambition as well as modesty of character: the notion that we are incomplete, imperfect and in need of improvement.
2Rough and graceless would be such greeting, but truth is handsomer than the affectation of love.
clumsy
/ˈkɫəmzi/
adjective
doing things or moving in a way that lacks control and care, usually causing accidents
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1She was clumsy.
2He writes her clumsy poems.
3They're pretty clumsy.
4He was clumsy.
5- I'm quite clumsy.
awkward
/ˈɑkwɝd/, /ˈɔkwɝd/
adjective
moving uncomfortably in a way that lacks grace and confidence
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1The first time is always so awkward.
2The pure partnership is very awkward.
3The whole thing was painfully awkward.
4Stuff felt awkward.
5Last day of school yearbook signing is just awkward.
smooth
/ˈsmuð/
adjective
without any sudden changes, jerks, or bumps; steady and continuous
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1Smooth the surface.
2Smooth the rough edges with a rasp.
3Smooth the glaze over the edges.
4Smooth my skin.
5Lighter-weight wools and other fabrics smooth your appearance.
fluid
/ˈfɫuəd/, /ˈfɫuɪd/
adjective
having the ability to flow or move smoothly and easily without interruption or obstruction
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1This guy takes fluids in.
2Fluid flows everywhere.
3This man fluid.
4Basically their intestines are leaking fluids.
5Basically, their intestines are leaking fluids.
balletic
/bælˈɛɾɪk/
adjective
describing a graceful and refined movement, posture or gesture that is similar to the movements performed in ballet dance
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1I like the balletic movement to what he’s doing.
2So, we thought that was good and it was kind of in contrast to this really kind of balletic flying that I developed.
3- Yeah - Yifei, that's actually Yifei's strong balletic background making it possible for you to put your leg back but - Oh that wasn't that bad because that wasn't all the way so - Right -
wooden
/ˈwʊdən/
adjective
describing something that is stiff, rigid, or lacking in fluidity, often used to describe movements or expressions of a person or their body
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1The second technique is known as static rappel, where recruits utilize the tower's wooden face to perform a controlled descent.
2Wooden chopsticks, way to go.
3For centuries, native communities of southeastern Alaska and British Columbia crafted wooden poles as memorials for chiefs or decorative posts in homes.
4Those wooden beams add a really nice touch.
5I wear wooden sunglasses.
gawky
/ˈɡɔki/
adjective
behaving or moving in an awkward or ungraceful manner, particularly due to being tall
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1You see how uncomfortable Dave is though, he's kind of gawky walking around.
2Yeah, and there's a bunch of cool bands that do that stuff one that I know of They're not completely metal, but they do some metal songs is what gawky band
3While many people call this bird elegant, I can't help it be reminded of a gawky raven caught in the middle of a growth spurt.

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