Thesaurus: gracious

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1. a. 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. a. Abounding in beauty, loveliness, or amiability; graceful; excellent.
3. a. Produced by divine grace; influenced or controlled by the divine influence; as, gracious affections.
4. adj. characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit
5. adj. characterized by kindness and warm courtesy especially of a king to his subjects
6. adj. exhibiting courtesy and politeness
7. adj. disposed to bestow favors
8. 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 majesty. A god ready to pardon, gracious and merciful. Neh. ix. 17. So hallowed and so gracious in the time. Shak. 2. Abounding in beauty, loveliness, or amiability; graceful; excellent. Since the birth of Cain, the first male child, . . . There was not such a gracious creature born. Shak. 3. Produced by divine grace; influenced or controlled by the divine influence; as, gracious affections. Syn. -- Favorable; kind; benevolent; friendly; beneficent; benignant; merciful.
9. j:100 a. characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit s. disposed to bestow favors