Balletic
adjective
Related to or resembling ballet dancing.
Her movements were graceful and balletic.
Often appears as...
- balletic grace
- balletic movements
adjective
Characteristic of the controlled, precise movements of ballet.
The footballer displayed a balletic finesse while dodging the opposition.
Often appears as...
- balletic finesse
- balletic poise
adjective
Related to or resembling ballet dancing.
Her movements were graceful and balletic.
Often appears as...
- balletic grace
- balletic movements
adjective
Characteristic of the controlled, precise movements of ballet.
The footballer displayed a balletic finesse while dodging the opposition.
Often appears as...
- balletic finesse
- balletic poise
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Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Use 'balletic' to evoke images of ballet's fluidity and grace.
The swan's balletic glide across the lake was mesmerizing.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Dance
'Balletic' can describe anything that mirrors ballet's elegance.
The figure skater's balletic moves won the judges' hearts.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Usage
Use 'balletic' metaphorically to highlight graceful qualities in non-dance contexts.
The poet's words flowed in a balletic rhythm.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Use 'balletic' to evoke images of ballet's fluidity and grace.
The swan's balletic glide across the lake was mesmerizing.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Dance
'Balletic' can describe anything that mirrors ballet's elegance.
The figure skater's balletic moves won the judges' hearts.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Usage
Use 'balletic' metaphorically to highlight graceful qualities in non-dance contexts.
The poet's words flowed in a balletic rhythm.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Use 'balletic' to evoke images of ballet's fluidity and grace.
The swan's balletic glide across the lake was mesmerizing.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Dance
'Balletic' can describe anything that mirrors ballet's elegance.
The figure skater's balletic moves won the judges' hearts.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Usage
Use 'balletic' metaphorically to highlight graceful qualities in non-dance contexts.
The poet's words flowed in a balletic rhythm.
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Video examples
Stuart Brown: Play is...
Rough and tumble play. These lionesses, seen from a distance, looked like they were fighting. But if you look closely, they're kind of like the polar bear and no claws, flat fur, soft eyes, open mouth with no fangs, balletic movements, curvilinear movements -- all specific to play.
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How did clouds get their...
but fall slowly under the influence of gravity. Some of them stay aloft due to upward convection from the sun-heated ground, but most are in a state of slow, balletic descent. "Clouds are the patron goddesses of idle fellows,"
Video examples
Stuart Brown: Play is...
Rough and tumble play. These lionesses, seen from a distance, looked like they were fighting. But if you look closely, they're kind of like the polar bear and no claws, flat fur, soft eyes, open mouth with no fangs, balletic movements, curvilinear movements -- all specific to play.
Video examples
How did clouds get their...
but fall slowly under the influence of gravity. Some of them stay aloft due to upward convection from the sun-heated ground, but most are in a state of slow, balletic descent. "Clouds are the patron goddesses of idle fellows,"
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Quote examples
Lucy Worsley
To wear stays forces you into the elegant, balletic posture of a Georgian minuet-dancer. As with the tight-lacing, there is still great debate about whether stay-wearing, which began in adolescence, actually changed the shape of the skeleton, or was just a cosmetic, temporary, alteration.
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Gugu Mbatha-Raw
English Actress
I like the collarbone, a very clean collarbone. I think there's something also very delicate and balletic about that part of a woman's body, and I'm not really a cleavage person, but I do like a back or a shoulder; I think there's something very alluring about backless dresses.
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Matthew Bourne
English Dancer
Astaire never thought of what he was doing as balletic, but Kelly was always trying to dance with women on points. And his choreography is so showy and flashy. He always looks self-satisfied to me.
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Richard Corliss
American Writer
Almost any football play, even an off-tackle slant by a running back, offers the balletic beauty of athletic skill and the punishing drama of physical collision.
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Nathan Chen
American Athlete
When I watch my skating when I was younger, I definitely see all this balletic movement and this artistry come through.
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Michelle Ryan
English Actress
I love doing action; I love doing martial arts. There's almost something balletic about it.
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Nick Frost
English Actor
The fight scenes in 'The World's End' have a certain balletic quality to them.
Quote examples
Lucy Worsley
To wear stays forces you into the elegant, balletic posture of a Georgian minuet-dancer. As with the tight-lacing, there is still great debate about whether stay-wearing, which began in adolescence, actually changed the shape of the skeleton, or was just a cosmetic, temporary, alteration.
Quote examples
Gugu Mbatha-Raw
English Actress
I like the collarbone, a very clean collarbone. I think there's something also very delicate and balletic about that part of a woman's body, and I'm not really a cleavage person, but I do like a back or a shoulder; I think there's something very alluring about backless dresses.
Quote examples
Matthew Bourne
English Dancer
Astaire never thought of what he was doing as balletic, but Kelly was always trying to dance with women on points. And his choreography is so showy and flashy. He always looks self-satisfied to me.
Quote examples
Richard Corliss
American Writer
Almost any football play, even an off-tackle slant by a running back, offers the balletic beauty of athletic skill and the punishing drama of physical collision.
Quote examples
Nathan Chen
American Athlete
When I watch my skating when I was younger, I definitely see all this balletic movement and this artistry come through.
Quote examples
Michelle Ryan
English Actress
I love doing action; I love doing martial arts. There's almost something balletic about it.
Quote examples
Nick Frost
English Actor
The fight scenes in 'The World's End' have a certain balletic quality to them.
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