different between gracious vs well-behaved
gracious
English
Alternative forms
- gratious (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English gracious, from Old French gracieus, from Latin gratiosus, from gratia (“esteem, favor”). See grace. Displaced native Old English hold (“gracious”). Doublet of gracioso and grazioso.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???e???s/
- Rhymes: -e???s
Adjective
gracious (comparative more gracious, superlative most gracious)
- kind and warmly courteous
- tactful
- compassionate
- indulgent, charming and graceful
- elegant and with good taste
- benignant
- full of grace
Derived terms
- graciousness
- graciously
See also
- graceful
Translations
Interjection
gracious
- Expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, or frustration.
Synonyms
- (expression of surprise): See Thesaurus:wow
Middle English
Alternative forms
- gracyous, gracyows, gracyouse, gracius, gracieux, gratious, gratius
Etymology
From Old French gracious, from Latin gr?ti?sus. Equivalent to grace +? -ous.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ra?si?u?s/, /?ra??sju?s/, /??ra?sius/, /??ra?sjus/, /??ra?sj?s/
Adjective
gracious (plural and weak singular graciouse, comparative graciouser, superlative graciousest)
- kind, gracious, polite
- forgiving, relenting (used mainly positively)
- godly, Christian, involving the graciousness of God.
- lucky, glad; bestowed with good fortune.
- enjoyable, nice, pleasing.
- good-looking; pleasing to the eye.
- obedient, respectworthy
- (rare) useful, beneficious
Derived terms
- graciously
- graciousnesse
Descendants
- English: gracious
- Scots: gracious
- Yola: graacuse
References
- “gr?ci?us, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-14.
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well-behaved
English
Etymology
well +? behaved
Adjective
well-behaved (comparative better-behaved or more well-behaved, superlative best-behaved or most well-behaved)
- (of a person or animal) Having good manners and acting properly; conforming to standards of good behaviour
- The boy is well-behaved and is seldom naughty.
- (mathematics) Having intuitive, easy to handle properties, especially: having a finite derivative of all orders at all points, and having no discontinuities.
Synonyms
- well-mannered
- seemly
Antonyms
- ill behaved
- (in mathematics): degenerate, pathological
Hyponyms
- polite
Derived terms
- well-behavedly
- well-behavedness
Translations
See also
- well-posed
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