Gracious

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  • adjective. undefined
  • 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. Enjoying favor or grace; acceptable or pleasing.
  • interjection. Used to express surprise or mild emotion.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. kind and warmly courteous
  • adjective. tactful
  • adjective. compassionate
  • adjective. indulgent
  • adjective. charming and graceful
  • adjective. elegant and with good taste
  • interjection. expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration.
  • 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
  • cross-reference
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    elegant  graceful  kind  merciful  polite  
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    benign  benignant  mild