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1. (adj.) gracious
pleasantly kind, benevolent, or courteous.
2. gracious
characterized by good taste, comfort, or luxury:
gracious living.
3. gracious
indulgent in a pleasantly condescending way, esp. to inferiors.
4. gracious
merciful or compassionate:
our gracious king.
5. gracious
Obs. fortunate or happy.
6. (interj.) gracious
(used as an exclamation of surprise, relief, dismay, etc.)
Etymology: (1250–1300; < OF < L grātiōsus amiable =grāti(a)grace+-ōsus -ous)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) gracious
characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit
"gracious even to unexpected visitors"; "gracious living"; "he bears insult with gracious good humor"
2. (adj) benignant, gracious
characterized by kindness and warm courtesy especially of a king to his subjects
"our benignant king"
3. (adj) courteous, gracious, nice
exhibiting courtesy and politeness
"a nice gesture"
4. (adj) gracious
disposed to bestow favors
"thanks to the gracious gods"
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1. (adjective) gracious
polite and kind
a gracious host
2. gracious
comfortable or luxurious
a gracious lifestyle
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) gracious
abounding in grace or mercy; manifesting love,. or bestowing mercy; characterized by grace; beneficent; merciful; disposed to show kindness or favor; condescending; as, his most gracious majesty
2. (adj) gracious
abounding in beauty, loveliness, or amiability; graceful; excellent
3. (adj) gracious
produced by divine grace; influenced or controlled by the divine influence; as, gracious affections
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Sense: kind or polite
a gracious smile.
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 Afrikaans: minsame |
 Arabic: لَطيف، حُلو، مُهَذّب |
 Bulgarian: изискан |
 Brazilian: bondoso |
 Czech: laskavý |
 German: wohlwollend |
 Danish: venlig |
 Greek: ευγενικός |
 Spanish: cortés, educado |
 Estonian: lahke |
 Farsi: رعنا؛ مهربان |
 Finnish: ystävällinen |
 French: courtois |
 Hebrew: אָדִיב, נֶחמָד |
 Hindi: दयामय, शिष्ट |
 Croatian: ljubazan, pristojan |
 Hungarian: barátságos |
 Indonesian: manis |
 Icelandic: vinsamlegur, kurteis |
 Italian: benevolo |
 Japanese: 優しい |
 Korean: 친절한 |
 Lithuanian: malonus, mandagus |
 Latvian: laipns |
 Malay: mesra |
 Dutch: hoffelijk |
 Norwegian: imøtekommende; vennlig |
 Polish: uprzejmy |
 Persian: رعنا؛ مهربان |
 Pashto: مهربانه، ادب ناكه، زړه وړ |
 Portuguese: bondoso |
 Romanian: amabil |
 Russian: любезный |
 Slovak: láskavý |
 Slovenian: prijazen |
 Serbian: ljubazan |
 Swedish: vänlig, artig |
 Thai: ซึ่งมีมารยาท |
 Turkish: nazik, cana yakın |
 Taiwanese: 有禮貌的 |
 Ukrainian: люб'язний |
 Urdu: مہربان |
 Vietnamese: tử tế; hào hiệp |
 Chinese: 有礼貌的 |
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