perusal, graciousness, the company

If Thanksgiving stress is starting to get to you, writer Corey Mintz urges you to remember that “the food is less important than the company and a little bit of graciousness.”

a single perusal

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青覽，青鑒，青及 (in letters) for your gracious perusal;

perusal

[名][U][C]読書；熟読；吟味.

gracious

Syllabification: (gra·cious)

Pronunciation: /ˈgrāSHəs/

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adjective

• 1 courteous, kind, and pleasant:smiling and gracious in defeat
• elegant and tasteful, especially as exhibiting wealth or high social status:the British painter specialized in gracious Victorian interiors gracious living

• 2 (in Christian belief) showing divine grace:I am saved by God’s gracious intervention on my behalf

• 3 British a polite epithet used of royalty or their acts:the accession of Her present gracious Majesty

exclamation

• expressing polite surprise.

Derivatives

graciously

adverb

graciousness

noun

Origin:

Middle English: via Old French from Latin gratiosus, from gratia 'esteem, favor' (see grace)