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genteel - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'genteel' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Genteel [ a.]
- Possessing or exhibiting the qualities popularly regarded as belonging to high birth and breeding; free from vulgarity, or lowness of taste or behavior; adapted to a refined or cultivated taste; polite; well-bred; as, genteel company, manners, address.
- Graceful in mien or form; elegant in appearance, dress, or manner; as, the lady has a genteel person. Law.
- Suited to the position of lady or a gentleman; as, to live in a genteel allowance.

Meaning of 'genteel' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . genteel [ s]
Meaning (1):
- marked by refinement in taste and manners
Example in sentence:
  • a genteel old lady;
  • cultivated speech;
  • cultured Bostonians;
  • cultured tastes;
  • polite society

Nearby Words:

gena genappe gendarme gendarmery gendarmes gender gendered gendering genderless geneagenesis

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