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gen·til·i·ty /dʒenˈtɪləti/ noun [uncountable] formal CLASS IN SOCIETYthe quality of being polite, gentle, or graceful, and of seeming to belong to a high social class 彬彬有礼，斯文，文雅；高贵气派 The hotel had an air of discreet gentility. 这家酒店有一种不露痕迹的典雅气派。Examples from the Corpusgentility• In the light of that brutality I don't think we need concern ourselves about gentility, spurious or otherwise.• Beaufort, an old Southern town, is a picture of gentility.• His relentless gentility would risk serious tedium without a sharpness of eye and wit.• Generally speaking, though, suburban gentility has seeped across the map.gen·til·i·ty nounChineseSyllable quality the Corpus or being polite, gentle, of graceful, |