English-Thai Dictionary
gracious
ADJ ซึ่ง มี มารยาท งดงาม สง่างาม chivalrous rude unchivalrous sueng-me-ma-ra-yad
graciously
ADV อย่าง งดงาม yang-num-nuan
graciousness
N ความงดงาม ความ มีเสน่ห์ complaisance refinement kwam-num-nuan
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
GRACIOUS
a.[L. gratiosus.] 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. Nehemiah 9:17.
3. Favorable; expressing kindness and favor.
All bore him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded from his mouth. Luke 4:22.
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 8:8 .
6. Renewed or implanted by grace; as gracious affections.
7. Virtuous; good.
8. Excellent; graceful; becoming.
GRACIOUSLY
adv. Kindly; favorably; in a friendly manner; with kind condescension. His testimony he graciously confirmed.
1. In a pleasing manner.
GRACIOUSNESS
n.Kind condescension. 1. Possession of graces or good qualities.
2. Pleasing manner.
3. Mercifulness.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
GRACIOUS
Gra "cious, a. Etym: [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, 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.
GRACIOUSLY
GRACIOUSLY Gra "cious *ly, adv.
1. In a gracious manner; courteously; benignantly. Dryden.
2. Fortunately; luckily. [Obs. ] Chaucer.
GRACIOUSNESS
GRACIOUSNESS Gra "cious *ness, n.
Defn: Quality of being gracious.
New American Oxford Dictionary
gracious
gra cious |ˈgrāSHəs ˈɡreɪʃəs | ▶adjective 1 courteous, kind, and pleasant: smiling and gracious in defeat. • elegant and tasteful, esp. as exhibiting wealth or high social status: the British painter specialized in gracious Victorian interiors | gracious living. 2 (in Christian belief ) showing divine grace: I am saved by God's gracious intervention on my behalf. 3 Brit. a polite epithet used of royalty or their acts: the accession of Her present gracious Majesty. ▶exclam. expressing polite surprise. DERIVATIVES gra cious ly adverb, gra cious ness noun ORIGIN Middle English: via Old French from Latin gratiosus, from gratia ‘esteem, favor ’ (see grace ).
Oxford Dictionary
gracious
gra |cious |ˈgreɪʃəs | ▶adjective 1 courteous, kind, and pleasant, especially towards someone of lower social status: a gracious hostess | Greig was gracious in defeat. • showing the elegance and comfort brought by wealth or high social status: gracious living. 2 (in Christian belief ) showing divine grace: I am saved by God's gracious intervention on my behalf. 3 Brit. a polite epithet used of royalty or their acts: the accession of Her present gracious Majesty. ▶exclamation used to express polite surprise: good gracious, that was close! DERIVATIVES graciously adverb, graciousness noun ORIGIN Middle English: via Old French from Latin gratiosus, from gratia ‘esteem, favour ’ (see grace ).
American Oxford Thesaurus
gracious
gracious adjective 1 a gracious hostess: courteous, polite, civil, chivalrous, well-mannered, mannerly, decorous; tactful, diplomatic; kind, benevolent, considerate, thoughtful, obliging, accommodating, indulgent, magnanimous; friendly, amiable, cordial, hospitable. ANTONYMS rude. 2 gracious colonial buildings: elegant, stylish, tasteful, graceful; comfortable, luxurious, sumptuous, opulent, grand, high-class; informal swanky, plush. ANTONYMS shabby, crude. 3 God's gracious intervention: merciful, compassionate, kind; forgiving, lenient, clement, forbearing, humane, tenderhearted, sympathetic; indulgent, generous, magnanimous, benign, benevolent. ANTONYMS cruel. WORD TOOLKIT Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.
Oxford Thesaurus
gracious
gracious adjective 1 she was ever the gracious hostess: courteous, polite, civil, chivalrous, well mannered, decorous, gentlemanly, ladylike, civilized, tactful, diplomatic; kind, kindly, kind-hearted, warm-hearted, benevolent, considerate, thoughtful, obliging, accommodating, charitable, indulgent, magnanimous, beneficent, benign; friendly, pleasant, amiable, affable, cordial, hospitable; informal couth; Brit. informal decent; dated mannerly. ANTONYMS ungracious. 2 tree-lined avenues with gracious colonial buildings: elegant, stylish, tasteful, graceful, comfortable, luxurious, sumptuous, opulent, grand, plush, high-class, exquisite, smart, sophisticated, fashionable, modish, chic; informal swanky. ANTONYMS homely. 3 God ’s gracious intervention: merciful, forgiving, compassionate, kind, kindly, lenient, clement, pitying, forbearing, humane, mild, soft-hearted, tender-hearted, sympathetic; patient, humanitarian, liberal, easy-going, permissive, tolerant, indulgent, generous, magnanimous, beneficent, benign, benignant, benevolent. ANTONYMS cruel. WORD TOOLKIT Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
gracious
gra cious /ɡréɪʃəs /→grace 形容詞 more ～; most ～1 【特に目下の者に 】丁重な, 礼儀正しい, 親切な, 寛大な (courteous, kind ) «to , with » ▸ gracious hospitality 丁重な歓迎 [歓待 ]▸ She was warm and gracious to us .彼女は温かく丁重に僕たちに接してくれた .2 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗優雅な, 安楽な, 豪華な 〈生活など 〉.3 〈神 (の行動 )などが 〉慈悲深い ;｟英 かたく ｠〖名詞 の前で 〗憐れみ [情け ]深い 〈王族 (の行動 )など 〉(merciful )▸ the gracious King 慈悲深い国王陛下 4 ｟古 ｠〈人 (の行動 )などが 〉【失敗 敗北などに対して 】いさぎよい, 率直な (graceful ) «in , to » .5 〈人 (の動作 )物 (の形 )などが 〉優美な, なめらかな (graceful ).間投詞 ｟やや古 ｠ええっ, おや, まあ (!驚き 困惑を示す; 時に否定 [肯定 ]の返答を強調する ) ▸ Good gracious !≒Gracious me! ≒My goodness gracious !≒Gracious !おやおや, 何てこった .～ness 名詞
graciously
gr á cious ly 副詞 丁重に, 上品に ; 慈悲深く .
The Wordsmith Dictionary