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Meanings of genteel in English

Marked by refinement in taste and manners.

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Usage of genteel in English
1
Her neck was short; and she was not in the least genteel.
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2
He was courteous in manners, and in general appearance, genteel and good-looking.
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3
I came from a genteel family of radical tendencies and modest means.
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4
While Auden does much the same with the less genteel 'Miss Gee':
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5
For something more genteel, local artists in Bury hold open studio sessions.
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6
It wears the half-civilized and shabby genteel garments of a sawed-off town.
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7
Those are fighting words, in the ordinarily genteel world of defense contracting.
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8
The interior of Cannon-street Chapel has a spacious and somewhat genteel appearance.
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9
Very genteel, indeed; though he might have taken more notice of me.
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10
Frontinus described the Emperor with my brother's word, which was not genteel.
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11
Gaga even affected the infantile and lisped through excess of genteel deportment.
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12
Even the Eolian, genteel as it was, saw its share of scuffles.
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13
In those days that was considered a genteel occupation, honorable and well-paid.
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14
In Rugova it will find a genteel, compliant, respectable and submissive partner.
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15
The gentlewoman herself chose to attend so genteel and lovely a guest.
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16
The inside of the chapel is plain, very neat, and quite genteel.
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United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Less common