Definition of Gentlenesses

1. Noun. (plural of gentleness) ¹

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Definition of Gentlenesses

1. gentleness [n] - See also: gentleness

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gentlenesses

gentleman scientist
gentlemanhood
gentlemanish
gentlemanlike
gentlemanliness
gentlemanly
gentlemanship
gentleman’s agreement
gentlemen
gentlemen's agreement
gentlemen's club
gentlemen and scholars
gentlemen farmers
gentlemen of leisure
gentleness
gentlenesses (current term)
gentlepeople
gentleperson
gentlepersons
gentler
gentles
gentleship
gentlesse
gentlest
gentlewoman
gentlewomanliness
gentlewomanly
gentlewomen
gentling
gently

Literary usage of Gentlenesses

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. George Borrow and His Circle: Wherein May be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished by Clement King Shorter (1913)
"The first is, that the decencies and gentlenesses should never be lost sight of, as the practice of the decencies and gentlenesses is at all times ..."

2. Lavengro: The Scholar--the Gypsy--the Priest by George Henry Borrow (1851)
"The first is, that the decencies and gentlenesses should never be lost sight of, as the practice of the decencies and gentlenesses is at all times ..."

3. The Contemporary Review (1866)
"... it means anything, means boys educating each other ; educating each other by their virtues and their vices, by their roughnesses and their gentlenesses. ..."

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