gracious vs rough-and-tumble

gracious

adj
  • tactful 

  • benignant 

  • indulgent, charming and graceful 

  • compassionate 

  • elegant and with good taste 

  • kind and warmly courteous 

  • full of grace 

  • magnanimous, without arrogance or complaint, benevolently declining to raise controversy or insist on possible prerogatives. 

intj
  • Expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, or frustration. 

rough-and-tumble

adj
  • active, vigorous and rough, with the possibility of harm 

  • highly competitive 

verb
  • Engage in rough-and-tumble activity 

noun
  • An environment of rough activity 

  • Rough activity; fighting or brawling; a fight. 

  • A person who characteristically engages in such activity 

How often have the words gracious and rough-and-tumble occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )