graciouslyadv.

Brit.

/ˈɡreɪʃəsli/, U.S.

/ˈɡreɪʃəsli/

Forms: see gracious adj. and adv. and -ly suffix²; also Scottish pre-1700 gretiuslie.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: gracious adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: < gracious adj. + -ly suffix².Compare classical Latin grātiōsē out of partiality (2nd cent. a.d.), in post-classical Latin also kindly, favourably (frequently from 11th cent. in British sources), pleasingly, acceptably (from 12th cent. in British sources), mercifully (from 13th cent. in British sources), as an act of special grace or favour, by divine grace, fortunately (from 14th cent. in British sources), Anglo-Norman graciousement, gratiousement, etc., Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French, French gracieusement benevolently, generously (13th cent. or earlier in Old French), pleasingly, elegantly, attractively (1302), fortunately, successfully (early 14th cent. or earlier).

†1. With good luck or fortune, fortunately. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > [adverb] > fortunately or luckily

happilya1375

graciouslya1382

blessedlyc1420

happenlyc1450

faira1475

luckly1538

fortunately1548

fortunably?1567

luckily1590

providently1600

comiclya1633

providentially1648

comically1717

well-favouredly1773

serendipitously1969

good-enough1982

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) Gen. xxx. 11 Þe which after conceyuyng bryngyng forþ a chylde: seide, gracyouslich [L. dixit feliciter].

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1879) VII. 35 So al þat þere were, [were] dede oþer i-hurt ful sore, outtake Dunston alone þat scapede graciousliche and wyseliche [L. probe].

?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 72 Þe reame of Inglond so graciously he gatte.

1480 Cronicles Eng. (Caxton) ccxxiii. sig. o6, (heading) How kyng Edward gete ayene vn to hym graciousely the homages & feautes of scotland.

2. Benevolently, kindly, generously; with courtesy or indulgence, esp. towards someone of lower (social) status (sometimes implying condescension).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [adverb] > graciously

holdec1000

holdelyc1000

sweetly?c1225

courteouslyc1290

graciouslyc1384

favourably1388

thankfully1513

handsomely1542

officiously1604

graciousa1617

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [adverb] > graciously > condescendingly

condescendingly1653

graciously1654

condescensively1827

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Hab. i. 2 Hou longe, Lord, shal Y crye, and thou shalt not heere graciously [L. et non exaudies]?

a1450 Generides (Pierpont Morgan) (1865) l. 1898 Thoo answerd she ful graciouslie With myld chere.

1544 Letanie in Exhort. vnto Prayer sig. Cii^v Graciousely looke vppon oure afflictions.

1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 116 Thow oppinnis furth thy hand full graciuslie.

1654 E. Nicholas Papers (1892) II. 70 If his majestie will be graciously pleased to come amongst us.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 3 He..graciously decreed My Grounds to be restor'd.

1725 G. Berkeley Proposal in Wks. (1871) III. 218 If his Majesty would graciously please to grant a Charter for a College.

1744 H. Walpole Let. 1 Mar. in Lett. to H. Mann (1833) I. 353 He went yesterday, and was most graciously received.

1834 G. P. R. James John Marston Hall I. vii. 46 My New Lord received me very graciously.

1880 ‘Mrs. Forrester’ Roy & Viola I. 23 She smiled very kindly and graciously at him in return.

1904 Times 12 Sept. 8/2 (heading) His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to direct that a new medal for service in the Polar regions shall be struck.

1956 A. Ginsberg in Howl & other Poems 26 I remember when I first got laid, H.P. graciously took my cherry.

2006 A. Goodman Intuition iii. iii. 115 He understood their mistrust and jealousy, and graciously conceded all their objections.

2007 A. Theroux Laura Warholic xx. 296 I..graciously asked if she would like to get together the next time she was in town.

3. Through, or by means of, divine grace; with divine or spiritual grace.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > nature or attributes of God > [adverb] > graciously

graciouslya1400

graciousa1617

a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) l. 12071 How þou..ouercomest hym gracyously.

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 305 Not alle men ben in lijk maner..disposid naturali and gracioseli.

a1500 Ratis Raving (Cambr. Kk.1.5) l. 1647 in R. Girvan Ratis Raving & Other Early Scots Poems (1939) 47 For-thi the prophet, saint dawy, Sais in the psalter graciously That halynes in eild suld bee.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. CCiiii What soeuer he aske of god, he shall optayne it graciously.

1534 T. More Treat. Passion in Wks. 1324/2 If you receive and eate vertuouslye the tone into your body, you receiue the tother graciouslye into youre soules.

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 254 In Hevinn his reward gratiouslie hes he obteynet.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. iv. 77 Let [me] be ignorant, and in nothing good, But graciously to know I am no better.

1699 T. Edwards Paraselene dismantled of her Cloud 382/2 Receiving from..[God] freely what he had before received from Christ graciously and juridically.

1798 Evangelical Mag. Nov. 442 During these trials however he was graciously supported by the promises of the Covenant.

1813 Christian Observer May 282/1 Had not God graciously continued the Gospel of the patriarchal dispensation under and with the Law of Moses, the descendants of Abraham must have lived in dark despondency.

1879 Friends' Rev. 22 Mar. 498/1 Such a prayer God graciously answers. He breathes into him the breath of a holy life, and he becomes indeed a living soul.

1903 Classical Rev. 17 118/1 A boon was graciously bestowed by God through the water of this stream.

1999 F. J. Matera New Test. Christology (2003) iii. 130 Thus God super-exalted Christ and graciously granted him the name reserved to God himself, Kyrios.

4. In a pleasing manner; with grace, attractively, gracefully.

ΘΚΠ

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

likinglya1387

graciouslyc1400

prettilyc1450

alluringly1561

gracefully1583

attractively1604

takingly1607

charmingly1611

enchantinglya1616

winningly1663

engagingly1694

winsomely17..

enticingly1720

attractingly1753

prepossessingly1794

sweetly1840

temptingly1878

fetchingly1889

the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > elegance > [adverb] > gracefully

graciouslyc1400

gracefully1583

nymphlike1611

willowily1932

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 488 Gracyously umbegrouen al wyth grene levez.

c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. xix. l. 7 (MED) Euene in þe myddes an ympe..Þat hihte ymago-dei, graciousliche hit growede.

a1500 (a1400) Sir Eglamour (Cambr.) (1844) l. 679 So gracyously he come hur tylle.

a1629 W. Hinde Faithfull Remonstr. (1641) xxxi. 99 He..shewed his religion very graciously in his government.

1660 E. Warcupp tr. F. Schottus Italy ii. xi. 229 The Bridegroom praising his Spouse in the Canticles, sets down as a great concern, that having fair shoes she walked graciously.

1871 Fortn. Rev. Feb. 203 His mother's presence moving graciously among her flowers, and hives, and blossomed fruit-trees.

1890 Spectator 25 Oct. 496/1 One of the most gracious of poetic solecisms when graciously employed.

1907 Bay View Mag. Apr. 559/2 They graciously danced a stately minuet for the benefit of their new acquaintances, while some of their younger descendants were equally pleasing in a varied program of song and recitation.

1952 Jet 28 Feb. 33 At last food can be kept piping hot right at the table and served graciously with a new, beautifully-designed, wrought iron trivet.

1994 Canad. Woman Stud. Fall 78/1 We were just approaching the RCMP detachment, a graciously sprawling white building.

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

单词	graciously
释义	graciouslyadv. Brit. /ˈɡreɪʃəsli/, U.S. /ˈɡreɪʃəsli/ Forms: see gracious adj. and adv. and -ly suffix²; also Scottish pre-1700 gretiuslie. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: gracious adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < gracious adj. + -ly suffix².Compare classical Latin grātiōsē out of partiality (2nd cent. a.d.), in post-classical Latin also kindly, favourably (frequently from 11th cent. in British sources), pleasingly, acceptably (from 12th cent. in British sources), mercifully (from 13th cent. in British sources), as an act of special grace or favour, by divine grace, fortunately (from 14th cent. in British sources), Anglo-Norman graciousement, gratiousement, etc., Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French, French gracieusement benevolently, generously (13th cent. or earlier in Old French), pleasingly, elegantly, attractively (1302), fortunately, successfully (early 14th cent. or earlier). †1. With good luck or fortune, fortunately. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > [adverb] > fortunately or luckily happilya1375 graciouslya1382 blessedlyc1420 happenlyc1450 faira1475 luckly1538 fortunately1548 fortunably?1567 luckily1590 providently1600 comiclya1633 providentially1648 comically1717 well-favouredly1773 serendipitously1969 good-enough1982 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) Gen. xxx. 11 Þe which after conceyuyng bryngyng forþ a chylde: seide, gracyouslich [L. dixit feliciter]. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1879) VII. 35 So al þat þere were, [were] dede oþer i-hurt ful sore, outtake Dunston alone þat scapede graciousliche and wyseliche [L. probe]. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 72 Þe reame of Inglond so graciously he gatte. 1480 Cronicles Eng. (Caxton) ccxxiii. sig. o6, (heading) How kyng Edward gete ayene vn to hym graciousely the homages & feautes of scotland. 2. Benevolently, kindly, generously; with courtesy or indulgence, esp. towards someone of lower (social) status (sometimes implying condescension). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [adverb] > graciously holdec1000 holdelyc1000 sweetly?c1225 courteouslyc1290 graciouslyc1384 favourably1388 thankfully1513 handsomely1542 officiously1604 graciousa1617 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [adverb] > graciously > condescendingly condescendingly1653 graciously1654 condescensively1827 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Hab. i. 2 Hou longe, Lord, shal Y crye, and thou shalt not heere graciously [L. et non exaudies]? a1450 Generides (Pierpont Morgan) (1865) l. 1898 Thoo answerd she ful graciouslie With myld chere. 1544 Letanie in Exhort. vnto Prayer sig. Cii^v Graciousely looke vppon oure afflictions. 1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 116 Thow oppinnis furth thy hand full graciuslie. 1654 E. Nicholas Papers (1892) II. 70 If his majestie will be graciously pleased to come amongst us. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 3 He..graciously decreed My Grounds to be restor'd. 1725 G. Berkeley Proposal in Wks. (1871) III. 218 If his Majesty would graciously please to grant a Charter for a College. 1744 H. Walpole Let. 1 Mar. in Lett. to H. Mann (1833) I. 353 He went yesterday, and was most graciously received. 1834 G. P. R. James John Marston Hall I. vii. 46 My New Lord received me very graciously. 1880 ‘Mrs. Forrester’ Roy & Viola I. 23 She smiled very kindly and graciously at him in return. 1904 Times 12 Sept. 8/2 (heading) His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to direct that a new medal for service in the Polar regions shall be struck. 1956 A. Ginsberg in Howl & other Poems 26 I remember when I first got laid, H.P. graciously took my cherry. 2006 A. Goodman Intuition iii. iii. 115 He understood their mistrust and jealousy, and graciously conceded all their objections. 2007 A. Theroux Laura Warholic xx. 296 I..graciously asked if she would like to get together the next time she was in town. 3. Through, or by means of, divine grace; with divine or spiritual grace. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > nature or attributes of God > [adverb] > graciously graciouslya1400 graciousa1617 a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) l. 12071 How þou..ouercomest hym gracyously. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 305 Not alle men ben in lijk maner..disposid naturali and gracioseli. a1500 Ratis Raving (Cambr. Kk.1.5) l. 1647 in R. Girvan Ratis Raving & Other Early Scots Poems (1939) 47 For-thi the prophet, saint dawy, Sais in the psalter graciously That halynes in eild suld bee. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. CCiiii What soeuer he aske of god, he shall optayne it graciously. 1534 T. More Treat. Passion in Wks. 1324/2 If you receive and eate vertuouslye the tone into your body, you receiue the tother graciouslye into youre soules. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 254 In Hevinn his reward gratiouslie hes he obteynet. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. iv. 77 Let [me] be ignorant, and in nothing good, But graciously to know I am no better. View more context for this quotation 1699 T. Edwards Paraselene dismantled of her Cloud 382/2 Receiving from..[God] freely what he had before received from Christ graciously and juridically. 1798 Evangelical Mag. Nov. 442 During these trials however he was graciously supported by the promises of the Covenant. 1813 Christian Observer May 282/1 Had not God graciously continued the Gospel of the patriarchal dispensation under and with the Law of Moses, the descendants of Abraham must have lived in dark despondency. 1879 Friends' Rev. 22 Mar. 498/1 Such a prayer God graciously answers. He breathes into him the breath of a holy life, and he becomes indeed a living soul. 1903 Classical Rev. 17 118/1 A boon was graciously bestowed by God through the water of this stream. 1999 F. J. Matera New Test. Christology (2003) iii. 130 Thus God super-exalted Christ and graciously granted him the name reserved to God himself, Kyrios. 4. In a pleasing manner; with grace, attractively, gracefully. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > [adverb] likinglya1387 graciouslyc1400 prettilyc1450 alluringly1561 gracefully1583 attractively1604 takingly1607 charmingly1611 enchantinglya1616 winningly1663 engagingly1694 winsomely17.. enticingly1720 attractingly1753 prepossessingly1794 sweetly1840 temptingly1878 fetchingly1889 the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > elegance > [adverb] > gracefully graciouslyc1400 gracefully1583 nymphlike1611 willowily1932 c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 488 Gracyously umbegrouen al wyth grene levez. c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. xix. l. 7 (MED) Euene in þe myddes an ympe..Þat hihte ymago-dei, graciousliche hit growede. a1500 (a1400) Sir Eglamour (Cambr.) (1844) l. 679 So gracyously he come hur tylle. a1629 W. Hinde Faithfull Remonstr. (1641) xxxi. 99 He..shewed his religion very graciously in his government. 1660 E. Warcupp tr. F. Schottus Italy ii. xi. 229 The Bridegroom praising his Spouse in the Canticles, sets down as a great concern, that having fair shoes she walked graciously. 1871 Fortn. Rev. Feb. 203 His mother's presence moving graciously among her flowers, and hives, and blossomed fruit-trees. 1890 Spectator 25 Oct. 496/1 One of the most gracious of poetic solecisms when graciously employed. 1907 Bay View Mag. Apr. 559/2 They graciously danced a stately minuet for the benefit of their new acquaintances, while some of their younger descendants were equally pleasing in a varied program of song and recitation. 1952 Jet 28 Feb. 33 At last food can be kept piping hot right at the table and served graciously with a new, beautifully-designed, wrought iron trivet. 1994 Canad. Woman Stud. Fall 78/1 We were just approaching the RCMP detachment, a graciously sprawling white building. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.a1382
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