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Definition of Gentlenesses
1. gentleness [n] - See also: gentleness
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gentlenesses
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 George Borrow and His Circle: Wherein May be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished by Clement King Shorter (1913)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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