What does gracious mean?

Definitions for gracious
ˈgreɪ ʃəsgra·cious

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. graciousadjective

    characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit

    "gracious even to unexpected visitors"; "gracious living"; "he bears insult with gracious good humor"

  2. benignant, graciousadjective

    characterized by kindness and warm courtesy especially of a king to his subjects

    "our benignant king"

  3. courteous, gracious, niceadjective

    exhibiting courtesy and politeness

    "a nice gesture"

  4. graciousadjective

    disposed to bestow favors

    "thanks to the gracious gods"

Wiktionary

  1. graciousadjective

    kind and warmly courteous

  2. graciousadjective

    tactful

  3. graciousadjective

    compassionate

  4. graciousadjective

    indulgent

  5. graciousadjective

    charming and graceful

  6. graciousadjective

    elegant and with good taste

  7. graciousinterjection

    expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. GRACIOUSadjective

    Etymology: gracieux, French.

    Common sense and reason could not but tell them, that the good and gracious God could not be pleased, nor consequently worshipped, with any thing barbarous or cruel. Robert South, Serm.

    To be good and gracious, and a lover of knowledge, are two of the most amiable things. Thomas Burnet, Theory of the Earth.

    And the Lord was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them. 2 Kings xiii. 23.

    From now reveal
    A gracious beam of light; from now inspire
    My tongue to sing, my hand to touch the lyre. Matthew Prior.

    Doctrine is much more profitable and gracious by example than by rule. Edmund Spenser.

    He made us gracious before the kings of Persia, so that they gave us food. 1 Esdr. viii. 80.

    Goring, who was now general of the horse, was no more gracious to prince Rupert than Wilmot had been. Edward Hyde.

    Kings are no less unhappy, their issue not being gracious, than they are in losing them when they have approved their virtues. William Shakespeare, Winter’s Tale.

    The grievous abuse which hath been of counsels, should rather cause men to study how so gracious a thing may again be reduced to that first perfection. Richard Hooker, b. i. s. 10.

    Our womens names are more gracious than their Rutilia, that is, red head. William Camden.

Wikipedia

  1. Gracious

    Gracious was a British progressive rock band that existed from 1967 to 1971 and released three studio albums: Gracious! (1970, Vertigo/Capitol), This Is... (1972, Philips), and Echo (1996).

ChatGPT

  1. gracious

    Gracious refers to being courteous, kind, and pleasant, especially towards someone of lower social status. It can also mean showing divine grace or mercy, or displaying qualities associated with elegance, tact and good taste. Additionally, it can imply generosity of spirit, a readiness to show appreciation or give freely.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Graciousadjective

    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. Graciousadjective

    abounding in beauty, loveliness, or amiability; graceful; excellent

  3. Graciousadjective

    produced by divine grace; influenced or controlled by the divine influence; as, gracious affections

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of gracious in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of gracious in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of gracious in a Sentence

  1. Kayleigh McEnany:

    We're commending the people who have put feelings aside and done what's for the betterment of the country and that's President Barack Obama, who put out a statement when this all was going on saying,' Look, we believe the vote represents the voice of the American people.' And Barack Obama has acted like a gracious, really hero in all of this, the way Barack Obama's accepted this and moved on.

  2. Kelsey Crowe:

    Thanks to Carla's gracious understanding and forgiveness, our friendship remains incredibly close, and I went on to learn a bunch of better ways to support a friend.

  3. Helen Keller:

    Literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disenfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts me out from the sweet, gracious discourses of my book friends. They talk to me without embarrassment or awkwardness.

  4. Helen Keller:

    Literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disenfranchised. No barrier of the sense shuts me out from the sweet, gracious discourse of my book friends. They talk to me without embarrassment or awkwardness.

  5. Nancy Pelosi:

    These, some personality issues and the rest, they are minor, we sat down today. We had a good meeting. And the congresswoman is a very gracious member of Congress, so we had a very positive conversation about our districts and how we represent them, our country.

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