gallantry
noun
dashing courage; heroic bravery; noble-minded behavior.
gallantries
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pluralof gallantry.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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But Bausch expands her premise to embrace a world of ritualised gallantries and perfectly achieved appearance.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 21, 2012
Many war pictures have dwelt, for purposes of irony, on the small gallantries of modern armed conflict.
From Time Magazine Archive
Agent Donat arrives by parachute, spends a few minutes disguised as a Rumanian peasant, then transforms himself into Tartu, a Rumanian Iron Guardist, reeking with pomade, corny gallantries and devotion to the New Order.
From Time Magazine Archive
For 75 years ago Khedive Ismail Pasha had defrayed the costs of his irrepressible gallantries by selling a European company the right to construct and operate the canal across the Isthmus of Suez.
From Time Magazine Archive
Eyes fixed straight ahead, she pretended to ignore the gallantries, but a couple of times her lips curled into a smile.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
