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  • 111polite — adjective 1) a very polite girl Syn: well mannered, civil, courteous, mannerly, respectful, deferential, well behaved, well bred, gentlemanly, ladylike, genteel, gracious, urbane; tactful, diplomatic Ant …

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  • 112genteelly — adverb in a genteel manner the English lived genteelly in India • Derived from adjective: ↑genteel …

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  • 113gen|teel´ness — gen|teel «jehn TEEL», adjective. 1. belonging or suited to polite society: »Do now send a genteel conveyance for them, for…they were most of them used to ride in their own carriages (Richard Brinsley Sheridan). 2. polite; well bred; fashionable;… …

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  • 114gen|teel´ly — gen|teel «jehn TEEL», adjective. 1. belonging or suited to polite society: »Do now send a genteel conveyance for them, for…they were most of them used to ride in their own carriages (Richard Brinsley Sheridan). 2. polite; well bred; fashionable;… …

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  • 115gen|teel — «jehn TEEL», adjective. 1. belonging or suited to polite society: »Do now send a genteel conveyance for them, for…they were most of them used to ride in their own carriages (Richard Brinsley Sheridan). 2. polite; well bred; fashionable; elegant:… …

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  • 116gen|ti|lesse — «JEHN tuh LEHS», noun. Archaic. 1. the quality of being gentle and courteous; well bred politeness. 2. an example of courtesy. ╂[< French gentilesse < gentil; see etym. under genteel (Cf. ↑genteel)] …

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  • 117Gen|tile — or Gen|tile «JEHN tyl», noun, adjective. –n. 1. a person who is not a Jew, especially a Christian. 2. a heathen; pagan. 3. (among Mormons or Muslims) a person who is not a Mormon or Muslim. –adj. 1. a) not Jewish. b) Christian (when directly… …

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  • 118gen|tile — or Gen|tile «JEHN tyl», noun, adjective. –n. 1. a person who is not a Jew, especially a Christian. 2. a heathen; pagan. 3. (among Mormons or Muslims) a person who is not a Mormon or Muslim. –adj. 1. a) not Jewish. b) Christian (when directly… …

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  • 119Accipiter gentilis — falcon gentil fal con gen til, falcon gentle falcon gentle, n. [F. faucon gentil. See {Falcon}, and {Genteel}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) any female falcon; especially [PJC] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) a female peregrine falcon ({Falco peregrinus}). Syn: falcon gentil.… …

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  • 120After a fashion — Fashion Fash ion, n. [OE. fasoun, facioun, shape, manner, F. facon, orig., a making, fr. L. factio a making, fr. facere to make. See {Fact}, {Feat}, and cf. {Faction}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The make or form of anything; the style, shape, appearance …

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