Word: gentility

Category: gentility

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Synonyms: gentility

waste time, dally, dawdle, loiter, linger, take one's time, delay, temporize, stall, procrastinate, pussyfoot around, drag one's feet, dither, hesitate, falter, vacillate, waver, hem and haw, shilly-shally, lollygag, let the grass grow under one's feet, tarry, dillydally, shillyshally, drag one's heels

Translations: gentility

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french
Translations:
distinction
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russian
Translations:
родовитость, знать, бережный, знатность
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czech
Translations:
vznešenost, uhlazenost
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polish
Translations:
dystynkcja
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hungarian
Translations:
középosztály
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ukrainian
Translations:
елегантність, знатність, знати, знать
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estonian
Translations:
peenekombelisus
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croatian
Translations:
otmjenost, uglađenost

The meaning and "use of": gentility

noun
  • social superiority as demonstrated by genteel manners, behavior, or appearances. - her grandmother's pretensions to gentility

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