Converse of object

• fade: There's an aura of only very slightly faded gentility about the place that I rather liked.

• have: America's Philo Vance had the strange gentility of Wimsey while Nero Wolf sounded more predatory.

Adjective modifier

• Victorian: In the parlor the table is set for afternoon tea and there is a rosewood piano a sure sign of Victorian gentility!

• suburban: He traveled from the Victorian suburban gentility of Kingston-upon-Thames to the wild California of the 1870s.

• natural: Oliver, raised in the Midlands, has a slight Birmingham accent, tho his natural gentility is indicated by his manners.