1. Wanting in grace or excellence; departed from, or deprived of, divine grace; hence, depraved; corrupt. "In a graceless age." Milton.
2. Unfortunate. Cf. Grace, n., 4. [Obs.] Chaucer.
— Grace"less*ly, adv.
— Grace"less-ness, n.
GRACILE; GRACILLENT
Grac"ile, Grac"il*lent a. Etym: [L. gracilis, gracilentus.]
Defn: Slender; thin. [Obs.] Bailey.
GRACILITY
Gra*cil"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. gracilitas; cf. F. gracilité.]
Defn: State of being gracilent; slenderness. Milman. "Youthful gracility." W. D. Howells.
GRACIOUS
Gra"cious, a. Etym: [F. gracieux, L. gratiosus. See Grace.]
1. Abounding in grace or mercy; manifesting love,. or bestowing mercy; characterized by grace; beneficent; merciful; disposed to show kindness or favor; condescending; as, his most gracious majesty. A god ready to pardon, gracious and merciful. Neh. ix. 17. So hallowed and so gracious in the time. Shak.
2. Abounding in beauty, loveliness, or amiability; graceful; excellent. 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.