What is courtesy; civility; complaisance. [Obs.] To show us so much gentry and good will. Shak called?
gentry — Courtesy; civility; complaisance. [Obs.] To show us so much gentry and good will. Shak. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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