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# gracious

«gracious» in Mova's school dictionary: **Kind, polite and generous, especially to people who have…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (gracious, more gracious, most gracious); exclamation (gracious!, goodness gracious!)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Kind, polite and generous, especially to people who have less power. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gracious/#m1)

2) Graceful, comfortable and elegant: gracious living. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gracious/#m2)

3) (exclamation, old-fashioned) Gracious! or Goodness gracious! shows surprise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gracious/#m3)

4) (church) Full of mercy and kindness, as when Christians say God is gracious. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gracious/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In stories it describes a polite host, a kind queen or a good loser; in church language it describes God's mercy. Phrases: a gracious host, gracious in defeat, goodness gracious, good gracious me.

### examples

- The queen was gracious to everyone she met. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gracious/#x1)
- Be gracious in defeat and shake hands with the winners. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gracious/#x2)
- Goodness gracious, look at the mess in here! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gracious/#x3)
- Our host was gracious and made us feel at home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gracious/#x4)
- Christians believe God is gracious and forgiving. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gracious/#x5)
- They lived in a gracious old house with big gardens. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gracious/#x6)
- Thank you, that's very gracious of you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gracious/#x7)

### note

Opposite: ungracious or rude. Noun: grace; adverb: graciously. Goodness gracious! is an old-fashioned, polite way to show surprise, often used by grandparents. Do not confuse with graceful (moving beautifully).

### In the corpora

- [The LORD make His face to shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.245/)
- [Be gracious unto me, O LORD, for I languish away; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are affrighted.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.57/)
- [Turn Thee unto me, and be gracious unto me; for I am solitary and afflicted.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.374/)
- [But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity; redeem me, and be gracious unto me.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.392/)
- [Hear, O LORD, when I call with my voice, and be gracious unto me, and answer me.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.402/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «gracious» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gracious/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.