GRACIOUSLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does graciously mean? 

• GRACIOUSLY (adverb)
  The adverb GRACIOUSLY has 1 sense:

1. in a gracious or graceful manner

  Familiarity information: GRACIOUSLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GRACIOUSLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a gracious or graceful manner

Synonyms:

gracefully; graciously

Context example:

he did not have a chance to grow up graciously

Antonym:

ungraciously (without grace; rigidly)

Pertainym:

gracious (characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit)

 Context examples 

Jo revolved, and Amy gave a touch here and there, then fell back, with her head on one side, observing graciously, Yes, you'll do.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Her imperial majesty was pleased to smile very graciously upon me, and gave me out of the window her hand to kiss.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

Not for the world, said Emma, smiling graciously, would I advise you either way.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

She had been graciously pleased to approve of both of the discourses which he had already had the honour of preaching before her.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

In reply she pressed her open fingers against his lips, placed them graciously and playfully, and in expectancy of the kiss that of old had always been a consequence.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The request had not been foreseen, but was very graciously received, and Julia's day was likely to end almost as well as it began.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Captain Wentworth was acknowledged again by each, by Elizabeth more graciously than before.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

"If your lordship will graciously permit me to open my mouth, I shall be happy to express my sentiments," said he, with elaborate sarcasm.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

On the contrary, sister Mary, said my uncle, graciously, your son has been an excellent companion to me—so much so that I fear that I am open to the charge of having neglected my dear Fidelio.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You see she is yet young; you observe she possesses the ordinary form of childhood; God has graciously given her the shape that He has given to all of us; no signal deformity points her out as a marked character.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)