Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Characterized by kindness and warm courtesy.
- adjective Characterized by tact and propriety.
- adjective Condescendingly courteous; indulgent.
- adjective Merciful or compassionate. Used especially of God in Christianity and Islam.
- adjective Characterized by elegance and good taste.
- adjective Archaic Enjoying favor or grace; acceptable or pleasing.
- interjection Used to express surprise or mild emotion.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Full of grace or favor; disposed to show good will, or to exercise favor or kindness; beneficent; benignant.
- Characterized by or exhibiting favor or kindness; friendly; kind; courteous: now usually implying condescension.
- Characterized by or endowed with divine or saving grace; righteous; virtuous.
- Attractive; agreeable; acceptable; excellent; graceful; becoming; beautiful.
- an exclamation of surprise, originally a mild oath, good or gracious God. Synonyms and Kind, Good-natured, etc. (see
benignant ); benevolent, condescending, lenient, affable, familiar, civil, courteous.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Abounding in grace or mercy; manifesting love, or bestowing mercy; characterized by grace; beneficent; merciful; disposed to show kindness or favor; condescending.
- adjective Abounding in beauty, loveliness, or amiability; graceful; excellent.
- adjective Produced by divine grace; influenced or controlled by the divine influence.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
kind andwarmly courteous - adjective
tactful - adjective
compassionate - adjective
indulgent - adjective
charming andgraceful - adjective
elegant and with goodtaste - interjection expression of
surprise ,contempt ,outrage ,disgust ,boredom ,frustration .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective characterized by kindness and warm courtesy especially of a king to his subjects
- adjective disposed to bestow favors
- adjective exhibiting courtesy and politeness
- adjective characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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But, he actually went on to praise John McCain for giving what he called a gracious concession speech.
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"I don't know whether I know how to give what you call gracious answers, doctor," said Mrs. Derrick pleasantly.
Say and Seal, Volume II Susan Warner 1852
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"There are teams that help other teams, even though in the finals they may be competing against one another, it's what we call gracious professionalism which is a core value," said Brig.
KITV.com - Local New 2010
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"There are teams that help other teams, even though in the finals they may be competing against one another, it's what we call gracious professionalism which is a core value," said Brig.
KITV.com - Local New 2010
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Ego: Gotta have it, but learning how to be gracious is helpful too.
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Being gracious is obviously NOT something that Obama supporters understand.
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Of course there was the part when Bilbo Baggins cut that lady's throat, but Depp wasted in the tub ranks a little higher on the gracious, is it me or is it warm in here? 'scale.
Johnny Depp in the Bathtub MJ 2006
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This was a sacrifice of expiation; and the reason why he was allowed to offer it on Mount Moriah was partly in gracious consideration to his fear of repairing to Gibeon (1Ch 21: 29, 30), and partly in anticipation of the removal of the tabernacle and the erection of the temple there (2Ch 3: 1).
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With your spirit, that is, with you, the soul or spirit being the immediate seat of grace, whence it influences the whole man, and flows out in gracious and holy actings.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721
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He had piped to us in gracious and merciful providences, mourned to us in calamitous, afflicting providences, and has set the one over against the other.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) 1721
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