Since the birth of Cain, the first male child, . . . There was not
such a gracious creature born.
Shak.
3. Produced by divine grace; influenced or controlled by the divine
influence; as, gracious affections.
Syn. -- Favorable; kind; benevolent; friendly; beneficent; benignant;
merciful.
Gra"cious*ly (?), adv. 1. In a gracious manner; courteously;
benignantly. Dryden.