gentilesse

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gentilesse
Noun
  • During his adolescence, the sensibility among the youth was to turn away from the gentility of the race man and toward the existential and the militant.
    Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 14 June 2025
  • Its noble gentility has been subtly adding to the DNA of the California sound.
    Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
Noun
  • Behind the political politesse is the challenge of urban mayors to advocate for immediate needs, while also playing the longer game of seeking structural changes in how Connecticut meets its constitutional responsibility of equitably funding public education.
    Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2025
  • Her social politesse transforms into a maternal fury and the air turns blue with inventive insults.
    Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • Today, her analogues donate to PACs, endow chairs at law schools, and write op-eds about civility in politics.
    Aron Solomon June 24, Literary Hub, 24 June 2025
  • Those tensions, coupled with the Trump administration’s attacks on universities, have left some school communities wrestling with how to balance civility and safety with open expression and debate.
    John Branch, New York Times, 1 June 2025
Noun
  • We must be reminded of the meaning and importance of human dignity, freedom and equality in each generation, especially as those ideals are expressed in the Declaration of Independence.
    Hans Zeiger, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 July 2025
  • Somehow Harold had found out, and come to sit with me, and out of respect for my dignity had never mentioned it afterward.
    Nicole Krauss, The Atlantic, 6 July 2025
Noun
  • The dispute between the two golfers was captured on video and appeared to be a matter of golf etiquette.
    Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 28 June 2025
  • The latest rules of tipping etiquette include 18 to 20% for services that require a fair amount of effort — waiting tables, delivering food, styling hair, babysitting and driving a rideshare or taxi, for example.
    Katie Kelton, Boston Herald, 22 June 2025
Noun
  • The angels who remained received God’s illuminating grace and, as a result, their will and His are one.
    Mary Jo Bang July 9, Literary Hub, 9 July 2025
  • Jordan Johnson of Little Rock, president of JPJ Consulting, said a photo of Anderson’s Labrador retriever graces the boxes of Fiocchi shotgun duck hunting shells.
    arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 9 July 2025
Noun
  • And not only does this travel-friendly projector cast a surprisingly sharp image, but the sound quality is excellent (courtesy of two five-watt Harman Kardon speakers), especially given the size of the projector.
    Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 8 July 2025
  • The latest warning comes courtesy of ThreatFabric, which has been tracking Anatsa for years.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • Although the tools were small, the authors state that this is not synonymous with a lack of refinement.
    Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 3 July 2025
  • The cordial greeting immediately indicates the refinement of what is to follow.
    John Mariani, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
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“Gentilesse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gentilesse. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.

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