gracefuladj.

Brit.

/ˈɡreɪsf(ᵿ)l/, U.S.

/ˈɡreɪsfəl/

Forms: see grace n. and -ful suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: grace n., -ful suffix.

Etymology: < grace n. + -ful suffix.

1. Full of or showing divine grace; (of a person) holy. rare after the 17th cent.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > grace > [adjective]

graciousa1387

graceful?a1425

grace-like1634

gracy1848

engraced1874

?a1425 (a1400) Awntyrs Arthure (Lamb.) l. 254 (MED) Þes arne þe graceful giftes of þe holy goste.

c1450 J. Lydgate Ballade Our Lady (Sloane) l. 52 in Minor Poems (1911) i. 256 Some drope of thi graceful dew to us propyne.

1596 Prayer Thankesgiuing & Continuance Successe to her Maiesties Forces (new ed.) (single sheet) Blesse vs with thy gracefull hand to the endlesse prayse of thy holy Name.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) v. i. 170 You haue a holy Father, A gracefull Gentleman.

1843 Evangelical Mag. 23 June 196/1 The Methodist would exclude all the ‘unsanctified’ and not ‘wonderfully wrought upon’, from the heaven of his ‘graceful’ God.

2011 S. Smith Everyday Prayers 266 Lord Jesus, we're free only because of you... I pray in your glorious and graceful name.

2. In early use: pleasant, having pleasing and attractive qualities. Now chiefly: spec. (of form, movement, expression, or action) elegant, poised; characterized by ease, refinement, or charm.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > [adjective]

gracious1340

glorious skinnyc1400

drawing1435

gracefulc1449

attrayant1477

well-favoured1539

alluring1567

graceda1586

attracting1589

attractive1592

winning1596

appealing1598

taking1603

allicient1613

enchantinga1616

motive1615

temptinga1616

allurant1631

catchinga1640

gaining1642

canny1643

charmful1656

charming1664

mignon1671

disarminga1718

prepossessing1737

seducing1749

seductive176.

eye-catching1770

sweet1779

catchy1784

attaching1785

engaging1816

cute1834

cunning1843

taky1854

cynosural1855

smart1860

fetching1880

seductious1883

fruity1900

barry1923

hot stuff1928

swoony1934

dishy1961

dolly1964

jiggy1996

aegyo2007

the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > elegance > [adjective] > graceful

gracious1340

gracefulc1449

elegant1483

nymphlike1567

flowing1619

gracely1648

leggiadrous1648

featly1801

gainly1871

svelte1909

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 66 The seid reeding was to hem so graceful, and so delectable..it fil into her conceit..that God had mad..the Bible to mennis bihoue.

1556 N. Grimald tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Duties ii. f. 89^v Y^e grauer, & gracefuller, and trimmer feate of oratorie.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. ii. sig. Ii8^v Their countenaunces full of a gracefull grauitie.

1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iii. iv. 21 But for a fine queint graceful and excelent fashion, yours [sc. your gown] is worth ten on't.

1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. J. Albert de Mandelslo 4 in Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors The King..was a very handsome graceful person.

1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 285 To these he has given..graceful Houses.

1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. xvii. 121 She was one of the gracefullest Figures in the Place.

1782 F. Burney Cecilia V. xi. 119 That graceful readiness which accompanied all her kind offices.

1821 W. Scott Kenilworth II. iv. 104 Leicester, bowing to his rival with the easiest and..most graceful courtesy.

1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey IV. vi. i. 24 A magnificently cut chandelier, which threw a graceful light upon a sumptuous banquet-table.

1870 W. H. Holcombe In Both Worlds xii. 152 The after-courses, of sweets and luxuries, were brought on by female servants, lovely in person and graceful in manner.

1904 Trained Nurse & Hosp. Rev. Apr. 251/2 Leaving everywhere the everlasting fragrance of a good and graceful deed.

1939 Fortune Oct. 36/2 (advt.) Superfine upholstery, superb tailoring, and the graceful new fittings and trim, make the interior of this car a delight.

1965 T. Holme Carlyles at Home i. 6 Jane nicknamed him the Talking Nightingale and enjoyed his pretty wit and graceful manners.

2010 R. Rinaldi Ballet (ed. 2) vii. 90 (caption) Ballerinas practice adagio—slow, graceful steps—during rehearsal.

†3. Favourably disposed, friendly. Used exclusively of an eye. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [adjective]

holdc893

friendOE

fellowly?c1225

couthlyc1275

friendfulc1379

amiablea1382

commonc1384

queema1400

lovely1409

acquaintablea1425

familiarc1425

great1483

friendlikea1500

towardly15..

amicable1532

friendable1569

amical1580

graceful?1593

accostable1611

amicous1676

lovable1691

clever1758

unchilled1794

tosh1821

mately1822

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [adjective]

mildeOE

blitheOE

goodOE

well-willingOE

beina1200

goodfulc1275

blithefula1300

faira1300

benignc1320

gainc1330

sweetc1330

kinda1333

propicec1350

well-willeda1382

well-disposeda1393

well-hearteda1393

well-willinga1393

friendsomea1400

well-willya1400

charitablec1405

well-willed1417

good-heartedc1425

kindlyc1425

honeyed1435

propitious1440

affectuousc1441

willya1449

homelyc1450

benevolous1470

benigned1470

benevolent1482

favourousc1485

well-meaned1488

well-meaning1498

humanec1500

favourablec1503

affectionatea1516

well-mindedc1522

beneficial1526

propiciant1531

benignate1533

well-intendeda1535

beneficious1535

kind-hearted1535

well-given1535

affectioned1539

well-wishing1548

figgy?1549

good-meaning1549

affectedc1553

affectionated1561

well-natured1561

well-affected?1563

officious1565

well-inclined1569

good-natured1582

partial1587

graceful?1593

well-intentioned1598

beneficent1616

candid1633

kindlike1637

benefic1641

kindly-hearted1762

well-meant1765

benignanta1782

sweet-hearted1850

?1593 G. Fletcher Licia 1 I send these Poems to your gracefull [Errata: gracelesse] eye: Doe you but take them, and they have their right.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) ii. ii. 64 I Your Partner in the cause 'gainst which he fought, Could not with gracefull eyes attend those Warres Which fronted mine owne peace.

1665 in R. Loveday tr. G. de Costes de La Calprenède Hymen's Præludia: 1st Pt. (new ed.) i. 5 At the knowledge of Tyridates his quality, his fair Guest regarded him with a graceful eie.

†4. Conferring or expressive of grace or honour. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > [adjective] > bringing credit or honour (to)

honest1340

worshipful1340

honourable?a1400

graceful1595

honorary1606

dignifying1630

creditablea1639

creditable1655

1595 E. Spenser Epithalamion in Amoretti & Epithalamion i. sig. G4 Others to adorne: Whom ye thought worthy of your gracefull rymes.

1687 tr. A. de la Houssaie in tr. Mod. Courtier xlvii. 90 Flattery adorns and beautifies deformed Villany, with honourable and graceful Titles.

1782 W. Cowper Table Talk in Poems 26 In a Roman mouth, the graceful name Of prophet and of poet was the same.

1841 Evangelical Reg. Feb. 61/1 Neither do good and graceful names always fairly pourtray the owners of them.

†5. Of a person: of good character, virtuous. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > virtue > [adjective]

goodeOE

dowingc1175

well-theweda1200

thewful?c1225

goodfulc1275

flourisheda1375

virtuousc1390

honesta1393

fine?a1400

theweda1400

well-manneredc1400

well-conditioneda1425

moralc1443

mannerlya1500

virtuala1500

graceful1611

well-moralized1624

well-principled1635

morate1652

unlicentious1737

respectable1750

nice1799

1611 J. Davies Scourge of Folly 253 (title of poem) To the right noble, and most gracefull Lady, Alice, Countesse of Derby, my good Lady and Mistresse.

1614 W. Camden Remaines (rev. ed.) 171 Their gracefull issue Prince Charles, the Lady Elizabeth.

a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 171 A Royal family of three Princes and two Princesses, all young and graceful persons.

1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. xxxiii. 180 She is a graceful Lady; better, as I hope, in Heart; but not equal in Person to her Sister.

1855 London Q. Rev. 4 57 The assiduous and graceful minister of relief to the afflicted in every walk of life.

1893 Homiletic Rev. Aug. 165/1 I am what I am only by Christ; and therefore the more gracious and graceful, the more glory to Him.

Compounds

C1.

graceful-looking adj.

ΚΠ

1743 Daily Gazetteer 3 Aug. 1/1 There is a..Body of Hussars in our Neighbourhood..; they are all tall, well-shaped, graceful-looking Men.

1889 E. H. Featon Art Album N.Z. Flora 133 The ‘Puta-puta-weta’.—This graceful looking shrub..is found in both the Northern and Middle Islands.

1990 V. C. Andrews Web of Dreams ii. 24 He was tall..and had long, graceful-looking hands.

C2.

graceful degradation n. the property or quality of continuing to function or operate (even if less efficiently) when degrading or deteriorating; design aimed at achieving this.

ΚΠ

1964 Jrnl. Franklin Inst. 278 62/1 The comparison ignores graceful degradation and chooses 1600 km as the medium altitude rather than some value between 9600 and 11,000 where most of the medium-altitude activity has been concentrated.

1988 Dædalus Winter 252 The perceptron shows the graceful degradation of performance typical of the brain.

1999 Realizing Potential of C4I (U.S. National Res. Council) 149 Designing a system for graceful degradation depends on system architects who take into account the needs of security.

2011 J. Rutter Smashing jQuery i. 17 Most Web designers and developers have practiced graceful degradation by setting up specific style sheets or browser hacks for various versions of Internet Explorer.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	graceful
释义	gracefuladj. Brit. /ˈɡreɪsf(ᵿ)l/, U.S. /ˈɡreɪsfəl/ Forms: see grace n. and -ful suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: grace n., -ful suffix. Etymology: < grace n. + -ful suffix. 1. Full of or showing divine grace; (of a person) holy. rare after the 17th cent. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > grace > [adjective] graciousa1387 graceful?a1425 grace-like1634 gracy1848 engraced1874 ?a1425 (a1400) Awntyrs Arthure (Lamb.) l. 254 (MED) Þes arne þe graceful giftes of þe holy goste. c1450 J. Lydgate Ballade Our Lady (Sloane) l. 52 in Minor Poems (1911) i. 256 Some drope of thi graceful dew to us propyne. 1596 Prayer Thankesgiuing & Continuance Successe to her Maiesties Forces (new ed.) (single sheet) Blesse vs with thy gracefull hand to the endlesse prayse of thy holy Name. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) v. i. 170 You haue a holy Father, A gracefull Gentleman. View more context for this quotation 1843 Evangelical Mag. 23 June 196/1 The Methodist would exclude all the ‘unsanctified’ and not ‘wonderfully wrought upon’, from the heaven of his ‘graceful’ God. 2011 S. Smith Everyday Prayers 266 Lord Jesus, we're free only because of you... I pray in your glorious and graceful name. 2. In early use: pleasant, having pleasing and attractive qualities. Now chiefly: spec. (of form, movement, expression, or action) elegant, poised; characterized by ease, refinement, or charm. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > [adjective] gracious1340 glorious skinnyc1400 drawing1435 gracefulc1449 attrayant1477 well-favoured1539 alluring1567 graceda1586 attracting1589 attractive1592 winning1596 appealing1598 taking1603 allicient1613 enchantinga1616 motive1615 temptinga1616 allurant1631 catchinga1640 gaining1642 canny1643 charmful1656 charming1664 mignon1671 disarminga1718 prepossessing1737 seducing1749 seductive176. eye-catching1770 sweet1779 catchy1784 attaching1785 engaging1816 cute1834 cunning1843 taky1854 cynosural1855 smart1860 fetching1880 seductious1883 fruity1900 barry1923 hot stuff1928 swoony1934 dishy1961 dolly1964 jiggy1996 aegyo2007 the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > elegance > [adjective] > graceful gracious1340 gracefulc1449 elegant1483 nymphlike1567 flowing1619 gracely1648 leggiadrous1648 featly1801 gainly1871 svelte1909 c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 66 The seid reeding was to hem so graceful, and so delectable..it fil into her conceit..that God had mad..the Bible to mennis bihoue. 1556 N. Grimald tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Duties ii. f. 89^v Y^e grauer, & gracefuller, and trimmer feate of oratorie. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. ii. sig. Ii8^v Their countenaunces full of a gracefull grauitie. 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iii. iv. 21 But for a fine queint graceful and excelent fashion, yours [sc. your gown] is worth ten on't. View more context for this quotation 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. J. Albert de Mandelslo 4 in Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors The King..was a very handsome graceful person. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 285 To these he has given..graceful Houses. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. xvii. 121 She was one of the gracefullest Figures in the Place. 1782 F. Burney Cecilia V. xi. 119 That graceful readiness which accompanied all her kind offices. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth II. iv. 104 Leicester, bowing to his rival with the easiest and..most graceful courtesy. 1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey IV. vi. i. 24 A magnificently cut chandelier, which threw a graceful light upon a sumptuous banquet-table. 1870 W. H. Holcombe In Both Worlds xii. 152 The after-courses, of sweets and luxuries, were brought on by female servants, lovely in person and graceful in manner. 1904 Trained Nurse & Hosp. Rev. Apr. 251/2 Leaving everywhere the everlasting fragrance of a good and graceful deed. 1939 Fortune Oct. 36/2 (advt.) Superfine upholstery, superb tailoring, and the graceful new fittings and trim, make the interior of this car a delight. 1965 T. Holme Carlyles at Home i. 6 Jane nicknamed him the Talking Nightingale and enjoyed his pretty wit and graceful manners. 2010 R. Rinaldi Ballet (ed. 2) vii. 90 (caption) Ballerinas practice adagio—slow, graceful steps—during rehearsal. †3. Favourably disposed, friendly. Used exclusively of an eye. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [adjective] holdc893 friendOE fellowly?c1225 couthlyc1275 friendfulc1379 amiablea1382 commonc1384 queema1400 lovely1409 acquaintablea1425 familiarc1425 great1483 friendlikea1500 towardly15.. amicable1532 friendable1569 amical1580 graceful?1593 accostable1611 amicous1676 lovable1691 clever1758 unchilled1794 tosh1821 mately1822 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [adjective] mildeOE blitheOE goodOE well-willingOE beina1200 goodfulc1275 blithefula1300 faira1300 benignc1320 gainc1330 sweetc1330 kinda1333 propicec1350 well-willeda1382 well-disposeda1393 well-hearteda1393 well-willinga1393 friendsomea1400 well-willya1400 charitablec1405 well-willed1417 good-heartedc1425 kindlyc1425 honeyed1435 propitious1440 affectuousc1441 willya1449 homelyc1450 benevolous1470 benigned1470 benevolent1482 favourousc1485 well-meaned1488 well-meaning1498 humanec1500 favourablec1503 affectionatea1516 well-mindedc1522 beneficial1526 propiciant1531 benignate1533 well-intendeda1535 beneficious1535 kind-hearted1535 well-given1535 affectioned1539 well-wishing1548 figgy?1549 good-meaning1549 affectedc1553 affectionated1561 well-natured1561 well-affected?1563 officious1565 well-inclined1569 good-natured1582 partial1587 graceful?1593 well-intentioned1598 beneficent1616 candid1633 kindlike1637 benefic1641 kindly-hearted1762 well-meant1765 benignanta1782 sweet-hearted1850 ?1593 G. Fletcher Licia 1 I send these Poems to your gracefull [Errata: gracelesse] eye: Doe you but take them, and they have their right. a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) ii. ii. 64 I Your Partner in the cause 'gainst which he fought, Could not with gracefull eyes attend those Warres Which fronted mine owne peace. View more context for this quotation 1665 in R. Loveday tr. G. de Costes de La Calprenède Hymen's Præludia: 1st Pt. (new ed.) i. 5 At the knowledge of Tyridates his quality, his fair Guest regarded him with a graceful eie. †4. Conferring or expressive of grace or honour. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > [adjective] > bringing credit or honour (to) honest1340 worshipful1340 honourable?a1400 graceful1595 honorary1606 dignifying1630 creditablea1639 creditable1655 1595 E. Spenser Epithalamion in Amoretti & Epithalamion i. sig. G4 Others to adorne: Whom ye thought worthy of your gracefull rymes. 1687 tr. A. de la Houssaie in tr. Mod. Courtier xlvii. 90 Flattery adorns and beautifies deformed Villany, with honourable and graceful Titles. 1782 W. Cowper Table Talk in Poems 26 In a Roman mouth, the graceful name Of prophet and of poet was the same. 1841 Evangelical Reg. Feb. 61/1 Neither do good and graceful names always fairly pourtray the owners of them. †5. Of a person: of good character, virtuous. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > [adjective] goodeOE dowingc1175 well-theweda1200 thewful?c1225 goodfulc1275 flourisheda1375 virtuousc1390 honesta1393 fine?a1400 theweda1400 well-manneredc1400 well-conditioneda1425 moralc1443 mannerlya1500 virtuala1500 graceful1611 well-moralized1624 well-principled1635 morate1652 unlicentious1737 respectable1750 nice1799 1611 J. Davies Scourge of Folly 253 (title of poem) To the right noble, and most gracefull Lady, Alice, Countesse of Derby, my good Lady and Mistresse. 1614 W. Camden Remaines (rev. ed.) 171 Their gracefull issue Prince Charles, the Lady Elizabeth. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 171 A Royal family of three Princes and two Princesses, all young and graceful persons. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. xxxiii. 180 She is a graceful Lady; better, as I hope, in Heart; but not equal in Person to her Sister. 1855 London Q. Rev. 4 57 The assiduous and graceful minister of relief to the afflicted in every walk of life. 1893 Homiletic Rev. Aug. 165/1 I am what I am only by Christ; and therefore the more gracious and graceful, the more glory to Him. Compounds C1. graceful-looking adj. ΚΠ 1743 Daily Gazetteer 3 Aug. 1/1 There is a..Body of Hussars in our Neighbourhood..; they are all tall, well-shaped, graceful-looking Men. 1889 E. H. Featon Art Album N.Z. Flora 133 The ‘Puta-puta-weta’.—This graceful looking shrub..is found in both the Northern and Middle Islands. 1990 V. C. Andrews Web of Dreams ii. 24 He was tall..and had long, graceful-looking hands. C2. graceful degradation n. the property or quality of continuing to function or operate (even if less efficiently) when degrading or deteriorating; design aimed at achieving this. ΚΠ 1964 Jrnl. Franklin Inst. 278 62/1 The comparison ignores graceful degradation and chooses 1600 km as the medium altitude rather than some value between 9600 and 11,000 where most of the medium-altitude activity has been concentrated. 1988 Dædalus Winter 252 The perceptron shows the graceful degradation of performance typical of the brain. 1999 Realizing Potential of C4I (U.S. National Res. Council) 149 Designing a system for graceful degradation depends on system architects who take into account the needs of security. 2011 J. Rutter Smashing jQuery i. 17 Most Web designers and developers have practiced graceful degradation by setting up specific style sheets or browser hacks for various versions of Internet Explorer. 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