What does "gracious" mean?
Gracious: So hallowed and so gracious in the time. Shak.
Additional senses
- 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.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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