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121graceful — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. lithesome, lissome, svelte, sylphlike, gainly; easy, fluent; willowy, pleasing, elegant, attractive. See beauty, elegance. Ant., awkward. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [ Said of movement ] Syn. lissome …
122nimble — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. spry, active, sprightly, supple, agile, lively, brisk, alert, acute, quick. See velocity,skill, cunning. Ant., awkward, slow. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Agile] Syn. agile, quick, spry, deft; see… …
123rapid — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. swift, speedy, fleet, prompt, quick, rapid fire. See velocity. n. (pl.) white water, chute, shoot. See water. Ant., slow, sluggish. rapid transit II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Swift] Syn. fast, speedy …
124nimble — (adj.) agile, light footed, c.1300, nemel, from O.E. næmel quick to grasp (attested only once), related to niman to take, from P.Gmc. *nemanan (Cf. O.S., O.Du., Goth. niman, O.N. nema, O.Fris. nima, Ger. nehmen to take ), from PIE root *nem …
125prance — [[t]prɑ͟ːns, præ̱ns[/t]] prances, prancing, pranced 1) VERB (disapproval) If someone prances around, they walk or move around with exaggerated movements, usually because they want people to look at them and admire them. [V adv/prep] He was… …
126graceful — adjective our dancers must be both muscular and graceful Syn: elegant, fluid, fluent, natural, neat; agile, supple, nimble, light footed …
127airy — adj 1. breezy, windy, drafty; ventilated, open, exposed, alfresco. 2. immaterial, incorporeal, bodiless, weightless; unsubstantial, ethereal, tenuous; illusory, unreal, imaginary, visionary, phantasmal, spectral. 3. delicate, flimsy, thin; gauzy …
128fast — I adj 1. quick, rapid, swift, speedy, express, expeditious, accelerated, Music. mosso; fleet, nimble, light footed, spry, brisk. 2. wild, dissipated, rakish, unconventional, unrestrained, loose; immoral, wanton, promiscuous, licentious, lecherous …
