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noun
1.
good breeding or refinement.
2.
affected or pretentious politeness or elegance.
3.
the status of belonging to polite society.
4.
members of polite society collectively.
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Gentility
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
Example Sentences
- On film she seemed all big dark eyes, dazzling smile and invincible gentility.
- His sweet gentility and uncommon wisdom will be greatly missed.
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