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Gracious

Abounding in grace or mercy; manifesting love,. or bestowing mercy; characterized by grace; beneficent; merciful; disposed to show kindness or favor; condescending; as, his most gracious majesty.

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Elegant 84% connected

Very choice, and hence, pleasing to good taste; characterized by grace, propriety, and refinement, and the absence of every thing offensive; exciting…

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Elegant 84% connected

Very choice, and hence, pleasing to good taste; characterized by grace, propriety, and refinement, and the absence of every thing offensive; exciting…

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Graceful 84% connected

Displaying grace or beauty in form or action; elegant; easy; agreeable in appearance; as, a graceful walk, deportment, speaker, air, act, speech.

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Graceful 84% connected

Displaying grace or beauty in form or action; elegant; easy; agreeable in appearance; as, a graceful walk, deportment, speaker, air, act, speech.

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Kind 84% connected

Characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature; natural; native.

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Kind 84% connected

Characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature; natural; native.

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Merciful 84% connected

Full of mercy; having or exercising mercy; disposed to pity and spare offenders; unwilling to punish.

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Merciful 84% connected

Full of mercy; having or exercising mercy; disposed to pity and spare offenders; unwilling to punish.

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Polite 84% connected

Smooth; polished.

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Polite 84% connected

Smooth; polished.

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Propitious 84% connected

Convenient; auspicious; favorable; kind; as, a propitious season; a propitious breeze.

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Propitious 84% connected

Convenient; auspicious; favorable; kind; as, a propitious season; a propitious breeze.

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Refined 84% connected

of Refine

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Refined 84% connected

of Refine

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Grace 74% connected

The exercise of love, kindness, mercy, favor; disposition to benefit or serve another; favor bestowed or privilege conferred.

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Grace 74% connected

The exercise of love, kindness, mercy, favor; disposition to benefit or serve another; favor bestowed or privilege conferred.

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Seemliness 74% connected

The quality or state of being seemly: comeliness; propriety.

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Seemliness 74% connected

The quality or state of being seemly: comeliness; propriety.

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Friendly 66% connected

Having the temper and disposition of a friend; disposed to promote the good of another; kind; favorable.

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Friendly 66% connected

Having the temper and disposition of a friend; disposed to promote the good of another; kind; favorable.

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Benignant 92% connected

Kind; gracious; favorable.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Courteous 92% connected

Of courtlike manners; pertaining to, or expressive of, courtesy; characterized by courtesy; civil; obliging; well bred; polite; affable; complaisant.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Nice 92% connected

Foolish; silly; simple; ignorant; also, weak; effeminate.

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Ungracious 94% connected

Not gracious; showing no grace or kindness; being without good will; unfeeling.

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Ungracious 94% connected

Not gracious; showing no grace or kindness; being without good will; unfeeling.

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