genteelness

Example Sentences

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The empress loved him more than her daughter and herself because of the great kindness and genteelness she had found in Hippolytus who had always obeyed her every wish.

From The White Knight: Tirant Lo Blanc by Rudder, Robert S.

We were rather disappointed with the general appearance of the city: dirt and grandeur were closely combined, and the combination gave the usual impression of shabby genteelness in general, not at first sight prepossessing.

From Diary of a Pedestrian in Cashmere and Thibet by Knight, William Henry

You will easily guess that Lady Temple was the poetess, and that we were delighted with the genteelness of the thought and execution.

From Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries) by Wragg, H.

His lordship made fair promises, with such a genteelness, that there was no help but to give him credit; and, this being done, he went off with an easy heart.

From The Wanderer (Volume 5 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Burney, Fanny

She's got her mother's good looks and nice manners and—and kind of genteelness, you understand, and with 'em she's got her dad's sense and capableness.

From Fair Harbor by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby