English language
Toggle Transcript
gentility::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | breeding, genteelness |
| Type of | elegance |
| Derivation | gentle |
Examples of gentility
gentility
Reid's is, effortlessly, the quintessence of discreet luxury, gentility and charm.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Born into shabby gentility in Manchester, Frances's father died when she was four.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Slowly, poetry moved out of the parlors of overstuffed gentility into the academy.
From the time.com
Tyson has been with many women, treating most, perhaps, with no special gentility.
From the time.com
Beneath his gentility is a steely confidence tempered by years of business combat.
From the time.com
His father, though officially a Texan, never lost his New England gentility.
From the timesunion.com
As it goes you can leave taste with gentility and naff empty airhead trivia.
From the guardian.co.uk
There have been moments of across-the-aisle gentility between the two party leaders.
From the online.wsj.com
Who is to say that Elaine's firm gentility does not have its uses out there?
From the time.com
- Breeding: elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression
- The state of being elegant, genteel, having good breeding, or being socially superior; The upper classes, the gentry
