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    gentility
    /dʒɛnˈtɪlɪti/

    noun

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishGENTILITY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    Gentility is the quality of being genteel, which means polite, refined, and respectable. Learn more about the meaning, synonyms, and usage of gentility with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › gentilityGentility Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Gentility is the condition of belonging to the gentry, or the qualities of a well-bred person. Learn more about its synonyms, examples, word history, and related entries.

  4. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › gentilityGentility - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    Many people have good manners. But gentility is that rare kind of graciousness that is handed down from one elegant generation to the next. In the early 13th century, gentility described someone's social status, coming from the Old French word gentil, meaning "high-born, noble, of good family."

  5. www.dictionary.com › browse › gentilityGENTILITY Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com

    noun. good breeding or refinement. Synonyms: propriety, decorum, grace, polish. affected or pretentious politeness or elegance. the status of belonging to polite society. members of polite society collectively. gentility. / dʒɛnˈtɪlɪtɪ / noun. respectability and polite good breeding. affected politeness. noble birth or ancestry.

  6. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryGENTILITY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    Gentility is the quality of being genteel, which means polite, refined and well-mannered. Learn how to use this word in different contexts, see examples from literature and find synonyms and related words.

  7. www.thefreedictionary.com › gentilityGentility - definition of gentility by The Free Dictionary

    Gentility is the quality of being well-mannered, refined, or noble. It can also refer to the condition of being born to the gentry or the people of high social standing. See synonyms, translations, and usage examples from various sources.

  8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › english › gentilitygentility noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    very good manners and behaviour; the fact of belonging to a high social class. He took her hand with discreet gentility. She thinks expensive clothes are a mark of gentility. Take your English to the next level. The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words.