01 a. Abounding in grace or mercy; manifesting love, or bestowing mercy; characterized by grace; beneficent; merciful; disposed to show kindness …
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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.
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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.
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Produced by divine grace; influenced or controlled by the divine influence; as, gracious affections.
Syn.
Favorable; kind; benevolent; friendly; beneficent; benignant; merciful.