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Definition of Graciously
1. Adverb. In a gracious or graceful manner. "He did not have a chance to grow up graciously"
Definition of Graciously
1. adv. In a gracious manner; courteously; benignantly.
Definition of Graciously
1. Adverb. In a gracious manner; with grace and courtesy. ¹
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Definition of Graciously
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Graciously
Literary usage of Graciously
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell by Thomas Bayly Howell (1816)
"Which lite king being pleased graciously to permit, the archbishop proceeded,
... That your majesty will be graciously pleased to put the management of your ..."
2. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"... as subjects in peace, and as soldiers in war, the most inviolable fidelity to
the empire which should graciously receive them into its bosom. ..."
3. The Life and Theatrical Times of Charles Kean, F.S.A. by Fanny Kemble, Kate Field, John William Cole (1882)
"defending myself against it; for the grace of humility is even more deficient in
me than that of charity, and to submit graciously to what seems to me ..."
4. The History of the Norman Conquest of England: Its Causes and Its Results by Edward Augustus Freeman (1869)
"... have bowed to William long before.1 They sware oaths to him William's and gave
him hostages.2 William received his new sub- and gra- jects graciously; ..."
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