| gracious | | |
| adj. | 1. gracious | characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit.; "gracious even to unexpected visitors"; "gracious living"; "he bears insult with gracious good humor" |
| ~ friendly | characteristic of or befitting a friend.; "friendly advice"; "a friendly neighborhood"; "the only friendly person here"; "a friendly host and hostess" |
| ~ elegant, graceful, refined | suggesting taste, ease, and wealth. |
| ~ merciful | (used conventionally of royalty and high nobility) gracious.; "our merciful king" |
| ~ refined | (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel.; "she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship"; "refined people with refined taste" |
| adj. | 2. benignant, gracious | characterized by kindness and warm courtesy especially of a king to his subjects.; "our benignant king" |
| ~ kind | having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior.; "kind to sick patients"; "a kind master"; "kind words showing understanding and sympathy"; "thanked her for her kind letter" |
| adj. | 3. courteous, gracious, nice | exhibiting courtesy and politeness.; "a nice gesture" |
| ~ polite | showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior, etc.. |
| adj. | 4. gracious | disposed to bestow favors.; "thanks to the gracious gods" |
| ~ propitious | presenting favorable circumstances; likely to result in or show signs of success.; "propitious omens"; "propitious gales speeded us along"; "a propitious alignment of planets for space exploration" |
| play up | | |
| v. (change) | 1. foreground, highlight, play up, spotlight | move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent.; "The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics" |
| ~ set off, bring out | direct attention to, as if by means of contrast.; "This dress accentuates your nice figure!"; "I set off these words by brackets" |
| v. (emotion) | 2. cotton up, cozy up, play up, shine up, sidle up, suck up | ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior.; "She is playing up to the chairman" |
| ~ ingratiate | gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts. |
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