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gracious — graceful, gracious Both words are derived from Latin gratia meaning ‘the quality of being pleasing’, but their meanings are different. Graceful means ‘having or showing grace or elegance’ and is generally used of physical appearance and movement… … Modern English usage
graceful — graceful, gracious Both words are derived from Latin gratia meaning ‘the quality of being pleasing’, but their meanings are different. Graceful means ‘having or showing grace or elegance’ and is generally used of physical appearance and movement… … Modern English usage
Gracious — Gra cious (gr[=a] sh[u^]s), a. [F. gracieux, L. gratiosus. See {Grace}.] 1. Abounding in grace or mercy; manifesting love, or bestowing mercy; characterized by grace; beneficent; merciful; disposed to show kindness or favor; condescending; as,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
gracious — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French gracieus, from Latin gratiosus enjoying favor, agreeable, from gratia Date: 14th century 1. a. obsolete godly b. archaic pleasing, acceptable 2. a … New Collegiate Dictionary
gracious — adjective 1) a gracious hostess Syn: courteous, polite, civil, chivalrous, well mannered, mannerly, decorous; tactful, diplomatic; kind, benevolent, considerate, thoughtful, obliging, accommodating, indulgent, magnanimous … Thesaurus of popular words
graceful — Synonyms and related words: Attic, Ciceronian, Daedalian, accommodating, adept, adroit, aesthetic, aesthetically appealing, affable, agile, agreeable, apt, artistic, attentive, attractive, authoritative, beauteous, beautiful, bravura, brilliant,… … Moby Thesaurus
gracious — Synonyms and related words: Bohemian, Christian, Christlike, Christly, accommodating, affable, affectionate, agreeable, amiable, amicable, approachable, attentive, beneficent, benevolent, benign, benignant, bighearted, blissful, bonhomous,… … Moby Thesaurus
Nerses IV the Gracious — Սուրբ Ներսէս Դ. Կլայեցի (Շնորհալի) Nerses IV the Gracious illustration in 1898 book «Illustrated Armenia and Armenians» Enthroned 1166 Reign ended … Wikipedia
gracefully — adverb 1. in a graceful manner (Freq. 3) she swooped gracefully • Ant: ↑gracelessly • Derived from adjective: ↑graceful 2. in a gracious or graceful manner he did not have a chance to grow up graciously … Useful english dictionary
grace — 1. noun /ɡɹeɪs/ a) Elegant movement; poise or balance. It has become less common to say grace before having dinner. b) Free and undeserved favour, especially of God. Unmerited … Wiktionary
