单词 | with good grace |
释义 | > as lemmaswith (a) good grace (c) with (a) good grace and variants: with even-tempered acceptance; willingly, equably. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > [adverb] to goodeOE thankc888 yernec888 lieflyc900 lovelyeOE lustly971 willinglyOE wilfullyc1000 with (also mid) heart and hand (also hands)OE fainc1175 lustilya1225 lief1297 yfaȝea1300 blethelyc1300 goodlya1375 blelyc1380 willingc1384 bainc1400 acceptably1479 bainlya1500 cheerfully1523 towardly1523 desirously1531 pronely?1532 fainly1535 wilningly1597 bongre1598 libentiously1606 volently1614 propensely1648 easily1649 with (a) good grace1650 unreluctantly1655 with the best will (in the world)1814 unhesitatingly1829 unqualifyingly1841 unloathly1844 happily1889 1650 Earl of Monmouth tr. J. F. Senault Man become Guilty 313 Gamesters..who bear their bad fortune with a good grace. 1709 D. Manley Secret Mem. 115 They may be well term'd discharging ones Duty with a good Grace, wearing your Fetters with no Inclination to Freedom. 1787 Berwick Museum Aug. 374/1 The Doctor, in order to allay the fears of the ladies, pocketed the insult with the best grace he could. 1836 C. P. Traill Backwoods of Canada 17 When the tide fails cast anchor, and wait with the best grace we can. 1930 Oxf. Ann. Girls 54/2 ‘Well, that's that,’ said Meriel, accepting the set-back with a good grace. 1962 Jrnl. Brit. Stud. 1 153 They should accept the criticism with good grace for there is some truth in it. 1998 J. Holms Bad Vibes viii. 91 He usually bit the bullet and did what was required of him with a good grace. < as lemmas |
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