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Webster 1913 Edition
Gracious
1.
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
majestyA god ready to pardon,
gracious
and merciful. Neh. ix. 17.
So hallowed and so
gracious
in the time. Shakespeare
2.
Abounding in beauty, loveliness, or amiability; graceful; excellent.
Since the birth of Cain, the first male child, . . .
There was not such a
There was not such a
gracious
creature born. Shakespeare
Syn. – Favorable; kind; benevolent; friendly; beneficent; benignant; merciful.
Webster 1828 Edition
Gracious
GRA'CIOUS
,Adj.
1.
Favorable; kind; friendly; as,the envoy met with a gracious reception.2.
Favorable; kind; benevolent; merciful; disposed to forgive offenses and impart unmerited blessings. Thou are a God ready to pardon, gracious and
merciful. Neh.9.
3.
Favorable; expressing kindness and favor. All bore him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded from his mouth. Luke 4.
4.
Proceeding from divine grace; as a person in a gracious state. 5. Acceptable; favored.
He made us gracious before the kings of Persia. [Little used.] 1 Esdras.
6.
Renewed or implanted by grace; as gracious affections.7.
Virtuous; good.8.
Excellent; graceful; becoming.Definition 2024
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Alternative forms
- gratious (obsolete)
Adjective
gracious (comparative more gracious, superlative most gracious)
- kind and warmly courteous
- tactful
- compassionate
- indulgent, charming and graceful
- elegant and with good taste
- benignant
- full of grace
Derived terms
Translations
kind and warmly courteous
indulgent
Interjection
gracious