gentility
good breeding or refinement.
affected or pretentious politeness or elegance.
the status of belonging to polite society.
members of polite society collectively.
Origin of gentility
1Other words for gentility
Other words from gentility
- un·gen·til·i·ty, noun
Words Nearby gentility
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How to use gentility in a sentence
Packaging these rebuffs with gentility and kindness may or may not succeed.
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As well twenty times—keep it for yourself, or give it to my valet, if you are too proud of your gentility.
Peveril of the Peak | Sir Walter ScottI knew that the gentility of the knock had taken both her and her mother aback.
A Window in Thrums | J. M. BarrieIn the mean time it was necessary to sacrifice something to gentility, and therefore they sat over their port wine.
Orley Farm | Anthony Trollope
Descending in the scale of what is termed gentility, I found darker and deeper themes for speculation.
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe | Edgar Allan PoeHe is the idol of equivocal women, and condescends to patronize unpresentable gentility-mongers.
British Dictionary definitions for gentility
/ (dʒɛnˈtɪlɪtɪ) /
respectability and polite good breeding
affected politeness
noble birth or ancestry
people of noble birth
Origin of gentility
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