gallantry
/ˈɡæləntri/ noun C2- courage.
- chivalrous courtliness, especially towards women.
- an instance of gallant behaviour or speech.
Plural gallantries
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No thanks to his gallantry for that.
Elizabeth, having rather expected to affront him, was amazed at his gallantry; but there was a mixture of sweetness and archness in her manner which made it difficult for her to affront anybody, and Darcy had never been so bewitched by any woman as he was by her.
This gallantry was not much to the taste of some of his hearers; but Mrs.
Wickham began to speak on more general topics, Meryton, the neighbourhood, the society, appearing highly pleased with all that he had yet seen, and speaking of the latter, especially, with gentle but very intelligible gallantry.
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