"gracility" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gracilities [plural]
Etymology: From gracile + -ity. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|gracile|ity}} gracile + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} gracility (countable and uncountable, plural gracilities)
  1. (often anatomy, botany, zoology) The property or condition of being gracile. Tags: countable, often, uncountable Categories (topical): Anatomy, Botany, Zoology Synonyms: slenderness, thinness Translations (the property or condition of being gracile): стройност (strojnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian)

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