graciousadjective
uk/ˈɡreɪ.ʃəs/us/ˈɡreɪ.ʃəs/gracious adjective (PLEASANT)
behaving in a pleasant, polite, calm way:
a gracious smile
He was gracious enough to thank me.
The losing team was gracious in defeat.
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Behaving well
- be (as) good as gold idiom
- be on your best behaviour idiom
- behave
- best
- breeding
- child
- children should be seen and not heard idiom
- decorous
- demure
- example
- good
- keep your nose clean idiom
- nose
- polite
- set an example idiom
- well behaved
- well bred
- well brought up
- well mannered
- well spoken
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Kind & thoughtful
gracious adjective (COMFORTABLE)
having the qualities of great comfort, beauty, and freedom made possible by being rich:
We can't afford gracious living.
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Expensive & luxurious
- costly
- delicacy
- deluxe
- exclusive
- executive
- expense
- expensive
- grand
- grandly
- lush
- luxurious
- no expense is spared idiom
- opulent
- plush
- premium-rate
- priceless
- sumptuous
- swish
- tony
- unaffordable
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graciously
adverb uk/ˈɡreɪ.ʃəs.li/us/ˈɡreɪ.ʃəs.li/
She graciously accepted the flowers that were presented to her.
graciousness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈɡreɪ.ʃəs.nəs/us/ˈɡreɪ.ʃəs.nəs/
graciousexclamation
uk/ˈɡreɪ.ʃəs/us/ˈɡreɪ.ʃəs/old-fashionedused to express surprise or to emphasize what is being said:
Gracious (me)/Good gracious (me), I never thought he'd do that!
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Expressions of surprise
- accha
- achha
- actually
- believe
- biscuit
- heaven
- I declare idiom
- I'll be a monkey's uncle! idiom
- I'll be blowed! idiom
- I'll be jiggered idiom
- it's a wonder idiom
- shit
- shock
- stone the crows! idiom
- strangely
- strangely enough idiom
- strewth
- surely
- surprise, surprise idiom
- ye
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