Englishgentility
noun
1 her grandmother's pretensions to gentility:
social superiority, respectability, refinement, preeminence, pride of place, distinction, ascendancy;
British, informal poshness;
humorous couth.
▷antonyms vulgarity.
2 an aura of elegance and gentility:
respectability, refinement, polish, decorousness, correctness, seemliness, politeness, good manners, culture, breeding, cultivation, sophistication, courtesy, ladylikeness, gentlemanliness, civility, elegance, style, stylishness, urbanity, civilization, courtliness, dignity, grace, graciousness, punctiliousness;
affectedness, affectation, ostentation, ostentatiousness;
dated mannerliness.