Crossword Dictionary
graciously
graciously, gracefully - r
in a gracious or graceful manner; "he did not have a chance to grow up graciously"
in a sentence
“This information is free and available to anyone who knows how to use this equipment and has the system password, which the GP sympathizer graciously gave me,†Nita says.
Lily shook her head, graciously stopping him from doing any more damage.
With demand outpacing supply, doctors established a custom of graciously and discreetly accepting any offered cadaver.
He stood next to me, a hand on my shoulder, graciously collecting compliments.
etymology
c. 1300, "filled with God's grace," from Old French gracios "courteous, pleasing, kind, friendly" (12c., Modern French gracieux), from Latin gratiosus "enjoying favor, agreeable, obliging; popular, acceptable," from gratia "favor" (from suffixed form of PIE root *gwere- (2) "to favor"). Meaning "merciful, benevolent" is from late 14c. As an exclamation, elliptically for gracious God, attested from 1713.