with good grace

ADVERB

gladly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cheerfully cheerily cordially enthusiastically freely gleefully gratefully heartily readily warmly willingly

WEAK

acquiescently ardently beatifically blissfully blithely contentedly delightedly delightfully ecstatically enchantedly felicitously gaily genially jocundly jovially joyfully joyously lovingly merrily paradisiacally passionately pleasantly pleasingly pleasurably rapturously sweetly with pleasure with relish zealously zestfully

Antonyms

STRONGEST

unwillingly

WEAK

sadly unhappily

Example Sentences

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Outside all the chatter, Shaboozey addressed the growing controversy with good grace.

From Salon • Nov. 22, 2024

You have every right to object to a painting you did not solicit, and your friend needs to be able to accept that with good grace.

From Slate • Jan. 21, 2020

Asked about this tweet, Greenwald said, with good grace, that a British friend had made the same point to him.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 27, 2018

"Huge credit due to the Scottish people who have, by and large, conducted the biggest political debate there is with good grace, good manners and some sparkling wit," said Business for Scotland chairman Tony Banks.

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2014

Besides, he was bound to stop the trap and come running down the bank, and she would have to suffer the interruption with good grace.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

with good grace

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