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Get to know Gentility better with 5 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like breeding or elegance.

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Gentility in a sentence

Gentility meaning

  1. The state of being elegant, genteel, having good breeding, or being socially superior.
  2. The upper classes, the gentry.

Synonyms of Gentility

breeding genteelness elegance

Related words

Other words often associated with Gentility or its synonyms:

upbringing fostering education socialization nurture quality rearing fruitful fosterage training socialisation raising

Using Gentility

  • The main meaning on this page is: The state of being elegant, genteel, having good breeding, or being socially superior. | The upper classes, the gentry.
  • Useful related words include: breeding, genteelness, elegance.
  • In the example corpus, gentility often appears in combinations such as: gentility and.

Context around Gentility

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 21.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 0 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

thoroughness 1× loyalty 1× class 1×

Often after:

nobility 1×

Sentence patterns with Gentility

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

gentility and dignity 1× patience thoroughness gentility and hardwork 1× similarly loyalty gentility and grace 1× upper class gentility in 1912 1× values of gentility nobility and 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

as such anyone 1× during the middle 1× gentility and dignity 1× kalu said onu 1× marsh and kirkland 1×

Common sentence endings:

gentility and grace 1× gentility and hardwork 1× gentility in 1912 1× treating others reasonably 1× weakness to trump 1×

Words around Gentility

Just before it in the word index:

gentili 10 gentileschi 4 gentiles 61 gentile 90 gentil 5 gentians 2

Just after it in the word index:

gentilly 7 gentiloni 8 genting 10 gentis 5 gentium 4 gentle 977

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaas 7 aacc 7 aacs 7 aafes 7 aah 7 aankh 7

Corpus analysis for Gentility

  • In this selection, "gentility" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 21.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, thoroughness, loyalty, class and nobility stand out and add context to how "gentility" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include gentility and dignity and patience thoroughness gentility and hardwork. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "gentility" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with gentility

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Gentility and dignity, hallmarks of Bush, are signs of weakness to Trump. (12 words)

As such, anyone who is Virgo will receive Prince Charming as their representative because of their similarly loyalty, gentility, and grace. (21 words)

During the Middle Ages, this grew from simple military professionalism into a social code including the values of gentility, nobility and treating others reasonably. (24 words)

Longer example sentences

Marsh and Kirkland, pp. 52–54 A full-time etiquette coach was hired to instruct the cast on the manners of the upper class gentility in 1912. (27 words)

Kalu said Onu who also served as Minister of Science and Technology in the President Muhammadu Buhari administration epitomized humility, patience, thoroughness, gentility and hardwork. (25 words)

During the Middle Ages, this grew from simple military professionalism into a social code including the values of gentility, nobility and treating others reasonably. (24 words)

Example sentences (5)

Kalu said Onu who also served as Minister of Science and Technology in the President Muhammadu Buhari administration epitomized humility, patience, thoroughness, gentility and hardwork.

As such, anyone who is Virgo will receive Prince Charming as their representative because of their similarly loyalty, gentility, and grace.

Gentility and dignity, hallmarks of Bush, are signs of weakness to Trump.

During the Middle Ages, this grew from simple military professionalism into a social code including the values of gentility, nobility and treating others reasonably.

Marsh and Kirkland, pp. 52–54 A full-time etiquette coach was hired to instruct the cast on the manners of the upper class gentility in 1912.

Common combinations with gentility

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "gentility" in a sentence?
An example: "Kalu said Onu who also served as Minister of Science and Technology in the President Muhammadu Buhari administration epitomized humility, patience, thoroughness, gentility and hardwork." This page contains 5 example sentences with the word "gentility" from authentic English texts.
What does "gentility" mean?
Gentility means: The state of being elegant, genteel, having good breeding, or being socially superior.
What are synonyms of "gentility"?
Common synonyms of "gentility" include: breeding, genteelness, elegance.
How many example sentences with "gentility" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 5 example sentences with "gentility", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.