Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The condition or quality of being gracious; kindness; condescension; mercifulness.
- noun Attractiveness; charm; fascination.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Quality of being gracious.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state of being
gracious
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- noun the quality of being kind and gentle
- noun excellence of manners or social conduct
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Examples
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With all his certain graciousness, in cabin or on deck, so far as his social equals are concerned, his graciousness is cool, elevated, thin.
CHAPTER XXVIII 2010
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With all his certain graciousness, in cabin or on deck, so far as his social equals are concerned, his graciousness is cool, elevated, thin.
Chapter 28 1914
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Ahem, it is in fact naive to expect graciousness from the swearing, spitting, frothing HA crowd.
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‘What you call graciousness, Hester, is an obligation of which religion knows nothing,’ she said after a pause.
John Caldigate 2004
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Your graciousness is something which we will dearly cherish.
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'What you call graciousness, Hester, is an obligation of which religion knows nothing,' she said after a pause.
John Caldigate Anthony Trollope 1848
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"have mercy"; God's graciousness is felt more and more the longer one knows Him (Ps 130: 7).
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And now I hope I can not only be the kind of author thatdelivers stories like Koontz, but also one who isn’t one whit behind in graciousness with my readers.
John Brown – the author’s official site » Blog Archive » Boom–And I’m A Dean Koontz Fanboy! 2009
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And now I hope I can not only be the kind of author thatdelivers stories like Koontz, but also one who isn’t one whit behind in graciousness with my readers.
John Brown – the author’s official site » 2009 » December 2009
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And now I hope I can not only be the kind of author thatdelivers stories like Koontz, but also one who isn’t one whit behind in graciousness with my readers.
John Brown – the author’s official site » 2009 » December » 21 2009
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