Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or quality of being gentlewomanly; disposition and deportment becoming a gentlewoman.
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- noun The quality of being
gentlewomanly .
Etymologies
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gentlewomanly + -ness
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Examples
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Her dress, too, of a slightly antique shape, rich but simple, seemed to reveal and accent a certain repose of gentlewomanliness, that he was now wishing to believe he had always noticed.
By Shore and Sedge Bret Harte 1869
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She had a quantity of light chestnut hair, a good figure, a dazzling complexion, and a certain languid grace which passed easily for gentlewomanliness.
Tales of the Argonauts Bret Harte 1869
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