gentility n : elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression [syn: breeding, genteelness]

English

Noun

1. The state of being elegant, genteel, having good breeding, or being socially superior.
2. The upper classes, the gentry.

Translations

Portuguese: gentileza (1), fidalguia (2)

ancestry, appropriateness, aristocracy, aristocraticalness, becomingness, birth, blood, blue blood, breeding, civility, cultivation, culture, decency, decorousness, decorum, distinction, elegance, elite, felicity, fitness, fittingness, flower, genteelness, gentlemanlikeness, gentlemanliness, gentleness, gentry, good breeding, happiness, honorable descent, ladylikeness, meetness, nobility, noble birth, nobleness, polish, properness, propriety, quality, rank, refinement, rightness, royalty, seemliness, society, suitability, upper class, upper crust, urbanity