Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Gracious

Gracious (grā"shus) , adjective

[French gracieux, Latin gratiosus. See Grace.]

1.
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.
A god ready to pardon, gracious and merciful. — Neh. ix. 17
So hallowed and so gracious in the time. — Shakespeare
2.
Abounding in beauty, loveliness, or amiability; graceful; excellent.
Since the birth of Cain, the first male child,... There was not such a gracious creature born. — Shakespeare
3.
Produced by divine grace; influenced or controlled by the divine influence; as, gracious affections.