Gracious and Pretty

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Gracious adjective - Showing a natural kindness and courtesy especially in social situations.

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Pretty and gracious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pretty" instead an adjective "Gracious".

Nearby Words: grace, graceful, graciously, gracefully, Gracie

Pretty adjective - Giving pleasure or contentment to the mind or senses.

Usage example: she was not a pretty sight after she fell off her horse and into the mud

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Gracious and pretty are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Gracious" instead an adjective "Pretty".

Nearby Words: prettily, prettied, prettying

He's pretty good at knowing when he's lost a battle, he can even be gracious about it, but he never concedes the war, and he's virtually impossible to keep locked up even briefly.

Source: Determinator / Web Comics
Greene trying to act gracious, while Bond is being pretty blunt with the fact that he doesn't like him.

Source: Friendly Address Privileges
A "You know Jesus was _____ because..." joke has been made for pretty much any race or nationality, such as the Indian one listed above under Goodness Gracious Me.

Source: In the Original Klingon

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