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UK
/ɡɹˈeɪʃəsnəs/
]
[ US /ˈɡɹeɪʃəsnəs/ ]
[ US /ˈɡɹeɪʃəsnəs/ ]
NOUN
- excellence of manners or social conduct
- the quality of being kind and gentle
How To Use graciousness In A Sentence
- Given the ungraciousness of this approach, the response from Sargent was on the lower end of the nuclear scale.
- It was the elder son, he said, who just could not accept the generosity and graciousness of his father in welcoming back a lost and wayward brother.
- In fact, that ungraciousness was what led to the birth of this young magician.
- His mild manner, gentle graciousness, and total dedication to mathematics leave an indelible impression on all who have gotten to know him.
- He disembarks and smiles so cutely at me, conveying both graciousness and modesty (OK, it was a dream).
- The Indiana Court of Appeals has called pensions "mere gratuities springing from the appreciation and graciousness of the state. Pension Benefits For Current Employees Could Face Legal Challenges
- There he stood apart and in repose, and yet, by his mere look, lured the man in gray from his story, much as, by its graciousness of bearing, some full-leaved elm, alone in a meadow, lures the noon sickleman to throw down his sheaves, and come and apply for the alms of its shade. The Confidence-Man
- Now he displayed toward the Englishman and the Scot a kind of eery, distant graciousness. Foes
- I will never forget his graciousness and helpfulness.
- among her many admirable qualities are generosity and graciousness