单词 | gracious-spoken |
释义 | > as lemmasgracious-spoken C1. Parasynthetic and with past participles forming adjectives, as gracious-minded, gracious-spoken, etc. ΚΠ 1782 G. E. Howard Misc. Wks. III. p. ccxxxix With the concurrence of our truly great and gracious-minded sovereign. 1835 Miss Cathcart Heir of Mordaunt III. 33 You are a gracious-spoken young lady, I must confess. 1873 B. De Jongh Rosa Noel II. xii. 216 Just the same sweet-tempered, gentle-mannered, gracious-worded boy you ever were. 1921 Outlook 29 June 384/1 Prose, when it is perfected, will be as sweet as the talk of gracious-minded women. 1945 E. Young Flowering Dusk 26 She is slender and gracious-spoken, she has..a certain shyness of manner that is unexpected and delightful. 1991 D. A. Soifer tr. Skanda Purāna in Myths of Narasiṁha & Vāmana 251 Gracious-minded Siva, lord of all, always gives everything. < as lemmas |
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