In everyday life you can often hear the word "graceful", addressed to someone or something. This word is not new for most Russian-speaking peoples, however, only a small part of people can give it a correct definition. Who and what is characterized by the word "graceful"? What is its significance? If Ozhegov’s thick dictionary isn’t lying around at home, then sit back. The article will answer both of these questions.
General information
First of all, let's recall the course of the Russian language and give a characterization of the word. Graceful is an inanimate adjective, gender, number and case of which can vary. Let’s take as an example the change in gender: graceful, graceful, graceful. The plural will be graceful.
This word comes from the noun "grace." Denotes subtle, strict correspondence, artistic proportionality of forms, exquisite beauty.
Thus, we figured out the morphological component. It's time to move on to the meaning of this word.
Value
Graceful is a person or object with grace, that is, refined, graceful, characterized by proportionality and subtle conformity of forms. Simply put, aesthetically beautiful.
If you still do not quite understand who or what will be called elegant, then perhaps synonymous words will help you:
- luxurious;
- refined;
- aesthetic
- graceful;
- sophisticated;
- elegant and many others.
Consider the following sentences as examples for a better understanding:
- She had an incredibly graceful brush, which was not a burden to kiss in a respectful kiss.
- All his gestures were graceful and, at the same time, so careless that it caused me internal dissonance.
- I did not know what to say, but I did not even dare to tear my gaze away from her graceful figure, fearing that she would disappear at that instant.
- The outfit was surprisingly elegant. It was unexpected to see his father in him.
In history
Do not think that the characteristic "elegant" arose recently - in the last century or the year before last. This word appeared in Ancient Russia, but was written as "elegant". In Old Russian writing, "graceful" is "the chosen, the best, outstanding person in every sense, or an object." It corresponded to the "high" book style and was surrounded by a halo of church-religious epithet. In many old manuscripts you can see this word more than once. For example, "graceful manhood" or, in later ones, "miraculous conversation is elegant, devoted and merciful."
Now, without even opening Ozhegov’s dictionary, you can say what the word “graceful” means, and you can no longer be taken by surprise.