🎩Gentility

Meaning

social superiority as demonstrated by polite and refined manners; the quality of being well-mannered and refined

Social superiority demonstrated by polite manners, refinement, or respectability

Example Sentences

Her natural gentility and grace made her popular among high society circles.

His speech revealed an air of gentility.

Synonyms

refinement, elegance, politeness, sophistication, civility

Entry 1

refinement, elegance, politeness, sophistication

Entry 2

refinement, elegance, civility, sophistication

Antonyms

rudeness, vulgarity, coarseness, boorishness

Entry 1

rudeness, vulgarity, coarseness, boorishness

Entry 2

rudeness, vulgarity

Collocations

natural gentility, refined gentility, old-fashioned gentility, air of gentility, show of gentility, false gentility

Entry 1

natural gentility, refined gentility, old-fashioned gentility

Entry 2

air of gentility, show of gentility, false gentility