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Definition of "well-graced" [well-graced]

  • Held in good grace or esteem; viewed with favor; popular.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "well-graced" in a sentence
  • "Edmond La Grange told me once that a great actor must be in possession of “energy, an athletic voice, a well-graced manner, some unusually fascinating originality of temperament; vitality, certainly, and an ability to convey an impression of beauty or ugliness as the part demands, as well as authority and a sense of style.”"
  • "As a successor and a former actor myself, I am only too aware of what William Shakespeare wrote in "Richard II," "In the eyes of men, after a well-graced actor leaves the stage are idly bent on him that enters next; Thinking his prattle to be tedious.""
  • "A general acclamation and clapping of hands, like that by which a crowded theatre approves of some well-graced performer, followed this feat of dexterity."