be gracious

Synonyms

smile grin simper smirk

Examples

If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world. Francis Bacon

I think sometimes it is more important to be gracious than to win. Dorothy Kilgallen

If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world, and that his heart is no island cut off from other lands, but a continent that joins to them. Francis Bacon

Be pretty if you can, be witty if you must, but be gracious if it kills you. Elsie de Wolfe

I think if you've been invited to someone's house, you eat what they serve you. Even if you leave hungry, you be gracious enough to eat what they've prepared. Paula Deen

It was ingrained in me to be gracious. Tory Burch

Words in the phrase

be gracious

Close letter words and terms

be governed by be governed by the law be graced be gracious to be granted be granted a right