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genteelness

genteelness noun: the quality of being genteel.

Noun

genteelness (countable and uncountable, plural genteelnesses)

  1. The quality of being genteel.

Forms of genteelness

pluralgenteelnesses

Origin of genteelness

From genteel + -ness.

Questions about genteelness

What does genteelness mean?
Genteelness means the quality of being genteel.
What part of speech is genteelness?
Genteelness is a noun.
What is the plural of genteelness?
The plural of genteelness is genteelnesses.

Words near genteelness in the dictionary

  1. genteelize
  2. genteelized
  3. genteelizes
  4. genteelizing
  5. genteelly
  6. genteelness
  7. genteelnesses
  8. Genter
  9. Genters
  10. gentes
  11. genthelvite

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