adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
very
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Leopold wrote: Her Majesty the Empress was very gracious to us, but that was all.
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He thought it was very gracious of her.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
good grief/God/Lord/heavens/gracious!
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Good grief! I forgot my keys again.
my goodness!/goodness (gracious) me!
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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gracious living
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a gracious hostess
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a gracious Victorian country home
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He ducked, he jumped, he danced, he threw hard and was gracious in both victory and defeat.
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He was such a gracious host, it was remarked that in another life he might have run a great hotel.
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Of our initial 20 rather withered carnations, 18 were carried off into the distance by bewildered or gracious lasses.
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Physically attractive and possessed of considerable personal charm, his demeanour was self-effacing, gracious and polite.
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Predominantly these are gracious dark oils, some by Sir Joshua Reynolds.
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This should be a gracious and most enjoyable evening.