Thesaurus / gentility
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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 PEAKSIR WALTER SCOTTI knew that the gentility of the knock had taken both her and her mother aback.
A WINDOW IN THRUMSJ. M. BARRIEIn the mean time it was necessary to sacrifice something to gentility, and therefore they sat over their port wine.
ORLEY FARMANTHONY TROLLOPEDescending in the scale of what is termed gentility, I found darker and deeper themes for speculation.
THE WORKS OF EDGAR ALLAN POEEDGAR ALLAN POEHe is the idol of equivocal women, and condescends to patronize unpresentable gentility-mongers.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXVIII. FEBRUARY, 1843. VOL. LIII.VARIOUSHad my affection for him been less sincere, had I not been racked with sympathy, I had laughed over his notions of gentility.
RICHARD CARVEL, COMPLETEWINSTON CHURCHILLLet her not be poor, how generous (well-born) soever; for a man can buy nothing in the market with gentility.
HOW TO BE HAPPY THOUGH MARRIEDE. J. HARDY.Why not disregard all false notions of gentility, (p. 175) and have each child well taught a manual trade?
HOW TO BE HAPPY THOUGH MARRIEDE. J. HARDY.In consequence of this, the subordinate classes, who aim at gentility, gradually fall into the same practice.
A TREATISE ON DOMESTIC ECONOMYCATHERINE ESTHER BEECHERThe subtle mark of Scottish gentility in the allusion to the pew will not fail to strike the reader.
HUGH MILLERWILLIAM KEITH LEASKWORDS RELATED TO GENTILITY
- ability
- accomplishment
- address
- aestheticism
- art
- capacity
- civilization
- class
- courtesy
- cultivation
- delicacy
- dignity
- discrimination
- dress
- elegance
- elevation
- enlightenment
- erudition
- experience
- fashion
- finish
- gentility
- good taste
- grace
- improvement
- kindness
- learning
- manners
- nobility
- perception
- polish
- politeness
- practice
- proficiency
- refinement
- savoir-faire
- science
- skill
- tact
- training
- urbanity
- breeding
- charm
- class
- courtliness
- cultivation
- culture
- delicacy
- dignity
- discernment
- distinction
- exquisiteness
- felicity
- gentility
- good taste
- grace
- gracefulness
- grandeur
- hauteur
- lushness
- luxury
- magnificence
- nicety
- nobility
- noblesse
- ornateness
- polish
- politeness
- poshness
- propriety
- purity
- refinement
- restraint
- rhythm
- sophistication
- splendor
- style
- sumptuousness
- symmetry
- tastefulness
- aristocracy
- beautiful people
- best
- blue blood
- carriage trade
- celebrity
- choice
- country-club set
- cream
- crowd
- crème de la crème
- elect
- establishment
- fast lane
- fat
- flower
- gentility
- gentry
- glitterati
- high society
- in-crowd
- jet-set
- main line
- nobility
- old money
- optimacy
- pride
- prime
- prize
- quality
- select
- society
- top
- upper class
- upper crust
- aristocracies
- beautiful peoples
- bests
- blue bloods
- carriage trades
- celebrities
- choices
- country club sets
- creams
- crowds
- crème de la crèmes
- elect
- establishments
- fast lanes
- fats
- flowers
- gentility
- gentry
- glitteratuses
- high societies
- in-crowds
- jet-sets
- main lines
- nobilities
- old moneys
- optimacies
- prides
- primes
- prizes
- qualities
- selects
- societies
- tops
- upper classes
- upper crusts
- aridity
- asepticism
- blandness
- boredom
- colorlessness
- commonplaceness
- drabness
- dreariness
- dryness
- familiarity
- flatness
- flavorlessness
- gentility
- innocuousness
- insipidness
- jejuneness
- lifelessness
- mildness
- monotomy
- routine
- sameness
- slowness
- staleness
- sterileness
- sterility
- stodginess
- tediousness
- tedium
- uninterestingness
- vapidity
- vapidness
- weariness
- address
- affability
- amenities
- amiability
- attentiveness
- ceremony
- chivalry
- civility
- comity
- complaisance
- consideration
- cordiality
- courteousness
- courtliness
- cultivation
- culture
- deference
- elegance
- familiarity
- favor
- friendliness
- gallantness
- gallantry
- generosity
- geniality
- genteelness
- gentility
- gentleness
- good behavior
- good breeding
- graciousness
- indulgence
- kindness
- polish
- politeness
- politesse
- refinement
- respect
- reverence
- solicitude
- suavity
- sympathy
- tact
- thoughtfulness
- urbanity
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