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GENTEELNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genteelness mean?
• GENTEELNESS (noun)
The noun GENTEELNESS has 1 sense:
1. elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression
Familiarity information: GENTEELNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
breeding; genteelness; gentility
Hypernyms ("genteelness" is a kind of...):
elegance (a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste)
Derivation:
genteel (marked by refinement in taste and manners)
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