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gentility
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
gentility
noun
gen·til·i·ty jen-ˈti-lə-tē 
plural gentilities
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
Example Sentences
Education was considered a mark of gentility. was full of the same gentility and grace that marked the rest of the family
Recent Examples on the Web Part of what drives him, Kyrgios has said, is to prevail over all the naysayers and critics who view him as the antithesis of the sport’s mythic gentility. 
New York Times, 6 July 2022 Harmony and gentility—the music of Spenser—go out the window, and in comes a ferocious, sometimes grating intellectual energy and an intense superiority. James Parker, The Atlantic, 16 Aug. 2022 Throughout the Victorian and Edwardian periods, gloves were the symbol of gentility, Albano noted. Carol Kovach, cleveland, 26 July 2022 Two of those soldiers vie for Alenka’s affection, creating a love triangle that pits one man’s gentility against the other’s sense of privilege. Carol Memmott, Washington Post, 20 June 2022 James Udom plays the role with a beautiful command of Shakespearean language and a gentility and sincerity not usually seen in this character. San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2022 My first meal in Dublin was at the Saddle Room, and, with in its calm and gentility, nothing could have cured my jet lag better with food of such a high caliber. John Mariani, Forbes, 6 June 2022 True to the Onion's nature as a brand sprung from the Midwest (Madison, Wisconsin) in 1988, there's a whiff of gentility to its Ukraine humor. David Bauder, ajc, 29 Mar. 2022 Among the Republicans, there were early flashes of gentility: Senator Charles E. Grassley of Iowa, the committee’s senior Republican, pulled out a chair for Judge Jackson just before the hearing began. New York Times, 21 Mar. 2022 See More
New York Times, 6 July 2022 Harmony and gentility—the music of Spenser—go out the window, and in comes a ferocious, sometimes grating intellectual energy and an intense superiority. James Parker, The Atlantic, 16 Aug. 2022 Throughout the Victorian and Edwardian periods, gloves were the symbol of gentility, Albano noted. Carol Kovach, cleveland, 26 July 2022 Two of those soldiers vie for Alenka’s affection, creating a love triangle that pits one man’s gentility against the other’s sense of privilege. Carol Memmott, Washington Post, 20 June 2022 James Udom plays the role with a beautiful command of Shakespearean language and a gentility and sincerity not usually seen in this character. San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2022 My first meal in Dublin was at the Saddle Room, and, with in its calm and gentility, nothing could have cured my jet lag better with food of such a high caliber. John Mariani, Forbes, 6 June 2022 True to the Onion's nature as a brand sprung from the Midwest (Madison, Wisconsin) in 1988, there's a whiff of gentility to its Ukraine humor. David Bauder, ajc, 29 Mar. 2022 Among the Republicans, there were early flashes of gentility: Senator Charles E. Grassley of Iowa, the committee’s senior Republican, pulled out a chair for Judge Jackson just before the hearing began. New York Times, 21 Mar. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
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