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2. mild, moderate, soothing, easy, soft, zephyr-like, balmy, light, bland, slight; smooth, unruffled, motionless, waveless, undisturbed; tranquil, calm, still, quiet, untroubled; halcyon, halcyonian, peaceful, pacific, irenic, reposeful, restful.
3. genteel, well-born, high-born, SI. blue-blooded, noble; artistocratic, armigerous, patrician, royal, princely, titled, thoroughbred; of gentle birth, of good family, of good extraction, of superior descent.
4. respectable, honorable, proper, correct, suitable, acceptable, seemly; fitting, Fr. comme il faut, becoming; graceful, Scot. genty, fine, delicate; polished, refined, finished, cultivated, well-educated, well-schooled, well-trained; suave, sophisticated, urbane, cosmopolitan, worldly; polite, civil, courteous, decorous, well-mannered, mannerly, courtly, gracious; chivalric, chivalrous, well-bred, gentlemanly, gentlemanlike, ladylike.
5. meek, manageable, docile, tractable, easily handled; tame, trained, schooled, broken; restrained, controlled, curbed; harmless, unaggressive, unbelligerent.
-v. 6. mollify, pacify, appease; still, smooth, quiet, tranquilize, lull; soothe, stroke, pet, pat.
7. tame, break, subdue, dominate, gain control over, master.
gentleman, n. 1. aristocrat, patrician, SI. gent, (in India) sahib, Inf. blue blood; prince, noble, peer, lord, duke, marquis, monseigneur, earl, count, viscount, baron; grandee, magnifico, don, hidalgo, Fr. Hist. chevalier, knight, caballero.
2. squire, esquire, manservant, man, valet, gentleman's gentleman, butler, attendant, aide-de-camp, orderly, footman.
3. rich man, man of means, man of substance, capitalist, SI. coupon-clipper, SI. silk-stocking; landowner, gentleman-farmer.
gentlemanly, adj. genteel, well-bred, mannerly, well-mannered, well-behaved, courteous, polite, civil; courtly, chivalrous, gallant, brave, manly; thoughtful, considerate, agreeable, obliging, accommodating, compliant; decent, decorous, discreet, dependable, punctual, punctilious; refined, elegant, polished, suave, sophisticated, urbane; civilized, cultivated, well-educated, well-trained, poised, dignified.
gentry, n. 1. gentlefolk, ladies and gentlemen, quality, better sort, elite; aristocracy, patriciate, upper classes, Fr. crime de la crime, Inf. upper crust, upper strata, SI. silk-stockings, Inf. bigwigs, SI. biggies, SI. high muck-a-mucks, the high and the mighty.
2. landowners, Chiefly Brit, squirearchy, Amer. Hist. patroon, armigers, armigerous people.
genuflect, v. 1. kneel, bow down; fall on one's knees; pay homage or tribute, make obeisance, admire, revere; worship, pray.
2. kowtow, salaam, curtsy; knuckle under, bow and scrape, eat humble pie; yield, concede, do [s.o.'s] bidding.
genuine, adj. 1. authentic, real, Dial, sure-enough, simon-pure, sterling; the real McCoy; bona fide, veritable, SI. real live, Inf. honest-to-goodness, Inf. kosher, Archaic, authentical, Australian, dinkum; legitimate, rightful, lawful, just, legal, licit; valid, authenticated, verified, confirmed; attested, vouched for, warranted, certified, guaranteed; standard, accepted, approved, conventional, orthodox.
2. sincere, heartfelt, earnest, all wool and a yard wide; unfeigned, unpretended, unaffected, natural; ingenuous, artless, guileless, innocent, naive, unsophisticated; simple, pure, undeceitful, honest, up front, truthful, veracious; frank, open, free, candid, plain, straightforward.
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