gracious

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
gracious/ˈɡreɪʃəs/

▶adjective

• 1 courteous, kind, and pleasant.

• 2 showing the elegance and comfort brought by wealth.

• 3 (in Christian belief) showing divine grace.

• 4 Brit. a polite epithet used of royalty or their acts.

▶exclamation expressing polite surprise.

– derivatives
graciously adverb,
graciousness noun.

– origin ME: via OFr. from L. gratiosus, from gratia (see grace).