Fluid
Fluid adjective - Involving minimal difficulty or effort.
Usage example: the dance looked smooth and fluid, though backstage we could see the dancer gasping for breath and sweating from the effort
Nearby Word: fluidity
Stiff
Stiff adjective - Incapable of or highly resistant to bending.
Both words in one sentence
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Rebecca Sugar defends all of this saying that cartoons are supposed to be fluid and expressive, not stiff and static like other cartoons.
Source: Off Model / Western Animation
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