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- 1. social superiority as demonstrated by polite and respectable manners, behaviour, or appearances: "her grandmother's pretensions to gentility" Similar Opposite
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noun [ U ] uk / dʒenˈtɪl.ə.ti / us / dʒenˈtɪl.ə.t̬i / Add to word list. the quality of being genteel: an air (= manner) of gentility. Synonym. breeding. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Manners & levels of formality. button-down. buttoned-up. casualization. ceremoniously. formally. genteelly. genteelness. grace. ground rules. non-U.
1. a. : the condition of belonging to the gentry. b. : gentlefolk, gentry. 2. a (1) : decorum of conduct : courtesy. (2) : attitudes or activity marked by false delicacy, prudery, or affectation. b. : superior social status or prestige evidenced by manners, possessions, or mode of life. Synonyms. civility. courteousness. courtesy. genteelness.
gentility. /dʒɛnˈtɪlədi/ IPA guide. Other forms: gentilities. Anyone can be nice. Many people have good manners. But gentility is that rare kind of graciousness that is handed down from one elegant generation to the next.
Gentility is the fact or appearance of belonging to a high social class. He surrounds himself with all the trappings of gentility–dogs, horses, and fine paintings. The hotel has an air of faded gentility.
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 [ U ] us / dʒenˈtɪl.ə.t̬i / uk / dʒenˈtɪl.ə.ti / Add to word list. the quality of being genteel: an air (= manner) of gentility. Synonym. breeding. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Manners & levels of formality. button-down. buttoned-up. casualization. ceremoniously. formally. genteelly. genteelness. grace. ground rules.
noun. /dʒenˈtɪləti/ [uncountable] (formal) 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. Definitions on the go.
1. The quality of being well-mannered; refinement. 2. The condition of being born to the gentry. 3. Persons of high social standing considered as a group. 4. An attempt to convey or maintain the appearance of refinement and elegance.
noun. gentilities. The condition of belonging by birth to the upper classes. Webster's New World. The quality of being genteel; now, specif., excessive or affected refinement and elegance. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. The condition of being born to the gentry. American Heritage. Members of the upper class, collectively.
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