(~s, gracing, ~d)
1.
If someone moves with ~, they move in a smooth, controlled, and attractive way.
He moved with the ~ of a trained boxer...
N-UNCOUNT: usu with supp
2.
If someone behaves with ~, they behave in a pleasant, polite, and dignified way, even when they are upset or being treated unfairly.
The new King seemed to be carrying out his duties with ~ and due decorum...
N-UNCOUNT
3.
The ~s are the ways of behaving and doing things which are considered polite and well-mannered.
She didn’t fit in and she had few social ~s.
N-PLURAL: oft adj N
4.
Grace is used in expressions such as a day’s ~ and a month’s ~ to say that you are allowed that amount of extra time before you have to finish something.
She wanted a couple of days’ ~ to get the maisonette cleaned before she moved in...
We have only a few hours’ ~ before the soldiers come.
N-UNCOUNT: usu supp N
5.
If you say that something ~s a place or a person, you mean that it makes them more attractive. (FORMAL)
He went to the beautiful old Welsh dresser that ~d this homely room...
Her shoulders were ~d with mink and her fingers sparkled with diamonds.
VERB: V n, be V-ed with/by n
6.
In Christianity and some other religions, ~ is the kindness that God shows to people because he loves them.
It was only by the ~ of God that no one died.
N-UNCOUNT
7.
When someone says ~ before or after a meal, they say a prayer in which they thank God for the food and ask Him to bless it.
Leo, will you say ~?
N-VAR
8.
You use expressions such as Your Grace and His Grace when you are addressing or referring to a duke, duchess, or archbishop.
Your Grace, I have a great favour to ask of you.
N-VOC; N-PROPER: det-poss N
9.
see also coup de ~ , saving ~
10.
If someone falls from ~, they suddenly stop being successful or popular. (mainly WRITTEN)
All went well at first, and I was in high favour; but presently I fell from ~...
PHRASE: V inflects
11.
If someone has the good ~ to do something, they are polite enough or honest enough to do it.
He did not even have the ~ to apologise...
Many of us do stupid things in our youth, but we should have the good ~ to admit them.
PHRASE: V inflects, PHR to-inf approval
12.
If you do something unpleasant with good ~ or with a good ~, you do it cheerfully and without complaining. If you do something with bad ~ or with a bad ~, you do it unwillingly and without enthusiasm.
He accepted the decision with good ~, and wished me the very best of luck...
With appallingly bad ~ I packed up and we drove north.
PHRASE: PHR after v