coordinated
/koʊˈɔɹdəneɪtɪd/
adjectivebeing capable of using a set of muscles to perform a single task
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1. Coordinated action worked!
2. Two days before the boycotts, the U.S. and Europe launched coordinated sanctions.
3. They're very coordinated.
4. They were very coordinated.
5. I'm so coordinated!
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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.
4. On a windy day like today, that will take some especially deft maneuvering.
5. I think the interviews are more deft
languid
/ˈɫæŋɡwəd/
adjectivemoving in a slow, effortless, and attractive manner
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1. A languid pace, just as I suspected.
2. It's cold, open eyes are staring back at you as its languid, scrunched up form fills every available space in that alcove.
3. There's the languid.
4. It's very languid in terms of the pulse here.
5. Our 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.
lithe
/ˈɫaɪð/
adjectivebeing flexible and moving in an attractive way
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1. He's younger, more lithe, and a little smarter.
2. He's quick and he's nimble, and he's lithe, which are the qualities you need to do what he's doing.
3. Miss 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.
4. I want to see lithe Negro girls, Etched dark against the sky, While sunset lingers.
5. But 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.
ungainly
/ənˈɡeɪnɫi/
adjectivemoving in a way that is awkward and not smooth
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1. The ship is ungainly.
2. It just looks ungainly.
3. Slowly over several days, the ungainly caterpillar transforms into a beautiful birdwing butterfly.
4. Up here on land, they're impossibly ungainly and out of place.
5. Even for Faulkner, it's very ungainly syntax or deliberate syntax.
uncoordinated
/ənkoʊˈɔɹdəneɪtɪd/
adjectiveincapable of moving one's muscles together with ease
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1. Destin's probably just an uncoordinated engineer and can't do it.
2. And they're completely uncoordinated.
3. At first his crawl will be a bit uncoordinated.
4. I'm very uncoordinated.
5. The most uncoordinated human I've ever met.
graceless
/ˈɡɹeɪsɫəs/
adjectivemoving in a way that is not attractive or smooth
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1. Envy 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.
2. Rough and graceless would be such greeting, but truth is handsomer than the affectation of love.
awkward
/ˈɑkwɝd/, /ˈɔkwɝd/
adjectivemoving uncomfortably in a way that lacks grace and confidence
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1. The first time is always so awkward.
2. The pure partnership is very awkward.
3. The whole thing was painfully awkward.
4. Stuff felt awkward.
5. Last day of school yearbook signing is just awkward.
smooth
/ˈsmuð/
adjectivewithout any sudden changes, jerks, or bumps; steady and continuous
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1. Smooth the surface.
2. Smooth the rough edges with a rasp.
3. Smooth the glaze over the edges.
4. Smooth my skin.
5. Lighter-weight wools and other fabrics smooth your appearance.
fluid
/ˈfɫuəd/, /ˈfɫuɪd/
adjectivehaving the ability to flow or move smoothly and easily without interruption or obstruction
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1. This guy takes fluids in.
2. Fluid flows everywhere.
3. This man fluid.
4. Basically their intestines are leaking fluids.
5. Basically, their intestines are leaking fluids.
balletic
/bælˈɛɾɪk/
adjectivedescribing a graceful and refined movement, posture or gesture that is similar to the movements performed in ballet dance
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1. I like the balletic movement to what he’s doing.
2. So, 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/
adjectivedescribing 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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1. The second technique is known as static rappel, where recruits utilize the tower's wooden face to perform a controlled descent.
2. Wooden chopsticks, way to go.
3. For centuries, native communities of southeastern Alaska and British Columbia crafted wooden poles as memorials for chiefs or decorative posts in homes.
4. Those wooden beams add a really nice touch.
5. I wear wooden sunglasses.
gawky
/ˈɡɔki/
adjectivebehaving or moving in an awkward or ungraceful manner, particularly due to being tall
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1. You see how uncomfortable Dave is though, he's kind of gawky walking around.
2. Yeah, 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
3. While 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.
