gent

family

Usage

  • genteel

    A genteel person is well-mannered, has good taste, and is very polite in social situations; a genteel person is often from an upper-class background.

  • gentry

    The gentry are the elite, nobility, or upper-class members of a society.

  • gingerly

    To handle an object gingerly is to be careful and cautious with it.

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