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gentlenesses

gentlenesses is the plural of gentleness.

Meaning of gentleness

Noun

gentleness (countable and uncountable, plural gentlenesses)

  1. The state of being gentle.
    • [S]he [Sabrina, a water nymph] reviv'd, / And undervvent a quicke, immortall change / Made goddeſſe of the river; ſtill ſhe retaines / Her maiden gentleneſſe, […]1634 October 9 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), [John Milton], edited by H[enry] Lawes, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […] [Comus], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey...
    Synonyms:
    douceur, sweetness

Questions about gentlenesses

What is gentlenesses the plural of?
Gentlenesses is the plural of gentleness.

Words near gentlenesses in the dictionary

  1. gentlemen's rooms
  2. gentlemen-at-arms
  3. gentlemen-in-waiting
  4. gentlemen-pensioners
  5. gentleness
  6. gentlenesses
  7. gentlepeople
  8. gentleperson
  9. gentlepersonly
  10. gentlepersons
  11. gentler

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