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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 zedonk. Does it mean:
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
Example Sentences
- Like patched elbows or frayed cuffs, their stubble suggested gentility slightly gone to seed.
- Gentility and collegiality will not cut it when dealing with these loose cannons/canons.
- On film she seemed all big dark eyes, dazzling smile and invincible gentility.
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