GRA'CEFULNESS, noun Elegance of manner or deportment; beauty with dignity in manner, motion or countenance. gracefulness consists in the natural ease and propriety of an action, accompanied with a countenance expressive of dignity or elevation of mind. Happy is the man who can add the gracefulness of ease to the dignity of merit.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.