gracious
/icons/point.icon GRACIOUS, CORDIAL, AFFABLE, GENIAL, SOCIABLE mean markedly pleasant and easy in social intercourse.
GRACIOUS implies courtesy and kindly consideration.
e.g. the gracious award winner thanked her colleagues
CORDIAL stresses warmth and heartiness.
e.g. our host was cordial as he greeted us
AFFABLE implies easy approachability and readiness to respond pleasantly to conversation or requests or proposals.
e.g. though wealthy, she was affable to all
GENIAL stresses cheerfulness and even joviality.
e.g. a genial companion with a ready quip
SOCIABLE suggests a genuine liking for the companionship of others.
e.g. sociable people who enjoy entertaining
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adjective
1. courteous, kind, and pleasant:
〈人･態度などが〉 【目下の者などに】丁重な, 礼儀正しい, 親切な, 寛大な «to, with»
e.g. smiling and gracious in defeat.
elegant and tasteful, especially as exhibiting wealth or high social status:
〖通例名詞の前で〗優雅な, 安楽な, 豪華な〈生活･家など〉
e.g. gracious living
e.g. the British painter specialized in gracious Victorian interiors.
2. (in Christian belief) showing divine grace:
〈神(の行動)などが〉慈悲深い
e.g. I am saved by God's gracious intervention on my behalf.
3. British a polite epithet used of royalty or their acts:
｟英･かたく ｠ 〖名詞の前で〗憐れみ, 情け深い〈王族(の行動)など〉
e.g. the accession of Her present gracious Majesty.
exclamation
expressing polite surprise.
｟やや古｠ ええっ, おや, まあ (!驚き･困惑を示す)
DERIVATIVES
graciousness | ˈɡrāSHəsnəs | noun
ORIGIN
Middle English: via Old French from Latin gratiosus, from gratia ‘esteem, favor’ (see grace).