Harold was much moved, not only by the act itself but by the gracious way of doing it.

She responded in a gracious way and the original poster apologized.

But it's best to do it in a gracious way.

Sacking her by phone was hardly a gracious way to do it.

It was a gracious way for you to follow up our meeting, especially knowing how busy you must be these days.

It's also a clever, gracious way of inducing us to try.

There is no gracious way to fire people, but some of it did not go well.

I knew no gracious or polite way to say such things.

"I'm sorry," she said, knowing of no gracious way to cover up the intrusion.

It could have been dealt with in a far more gracious way.