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Genteel Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Genteel? [adj] marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Genteel: civilised \| civilized \| cultivated \| cultured \| polite \| refined Related Terms \| Find terms related to Genteel: affected \| appropriate \| aristocratic \| artificial \| becoming \| blue-blooded \| braw \| cavalier \| chic \| chivalrous \| civil \| classy \| clothes-conscious \| confined \| cosmopolitan \| county \| courteous \| courtly \| cultivated \| cultured \| dapper \| dashing \| debonair \| decent \| decorous \| distingue \| dressed to advantage \| dressed to kill \| ducal \| elegant \| exalted \| exquisite \| fashionable \| felicitous \| fitting \| formal \| gentle \| gentlemanlike \| gentlemanly \| graceful \| gracious \| happy \| high \| highbred \| high-class \| insular \| intolerant \| jaunty \| kinglike \| kingly \| knightly \| la-di-da \| ladylike \| mannered \| mannerly \| meet \| mincing \| narrow \| natty \| neat \| nifty \| nobby \| noble \| of gentle blood \| of rank \| overdone \| parochial \| patrician \| polished \| polite \| pompous \| posh \| pretentious \| prig \| priggish \| princelike \| princely \| prissy \| proper \| provincial \| prudish \| puritanical \| putting on airs \| queenlike \| queenly \| quite the lady \| recherche \| refined \| respectable \| right \| ritzy \| royal \| seemly \| sharp \| silk-stocking \| sleek \| smart \| smug \| snazzy \| soigne \| soignee \| sophisticated \| spiffy \| spruce \| stilted \| straitlaced \| stuffy \| style-conscious \| stylish \| suave \| suitable \| swank \| swanky \| swell \| thoroughbred \| titled \| tony \| too-too \| tricksy \| trig \| trim \| uncharitable \| unnatural \| upper crust \| urbane \| Victorian \| well-behaved \| well-bred \| well-brought-up \| well-dressed \| well-groomed \| well-mannered See Also \| Genteel In Webster's Dictionary \Gen*teel"\, a. [F. gentil noble, pretty, graceful. See {Gentle}.] 1. 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. 2. Graceful in mien or form; elegant in appearance, dress, or manner; as, the lady has a genteel person. Law. 3. Suited to the position of lady or a gentleman; as, to live in a genteel allowance. Syn: Polite; well-bred; refined; polished.

Genteel Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Genteel?

[adj] marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society"

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Genteel In Webster's Dictionary

\Gen*teel"\, a. [F. gentil noble, pretty, graceful. See
{Gentle}.]
1. 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.

2. Graceful in mien or form; elegant in appearance, dress, or
   manner; as, the lady has a genteel person. Law.

3. Suited to the position of lady or a gentleman; as, to live
   in a genteel allowance.

Syn: Polite; well-bred; refined; polished.

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