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Meanings of very genteel in English

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Usage of very genteel in English
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It was cool, laid-back and very genteel, and the service was friendly.
The Irish Times
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Lovelace, in Clarissa, is a very genteel and a very wicked character.
Boswell's Life of Johnson / Abridged and edited, with an introdu...
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No very genteel epithet this, though coming from the genteelest of men.
Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I
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The company was pleasant, too, and some very genteel dealers sitting near.
The Nebuly Coat
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I hear from Jack that you have a separate maintenance-that'svery genteel.
Poor Jack
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It was very genteel; it lisped and could twist itself into a knot.
In Midsummer Days, and Other Tales
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She found herself, in the rain, mounting a very genteel kind of protest.
The Guardian
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He was a very genteel man- acutabove me, as I said before.
The Honorable Miss: A Story of an Old-Fashioned Town
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The drop bar would only keep away a very genteel thief.
The Wise Man’s Fear
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It was a very genteel entertainment, very handsomely served.
Bleak House
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I might come out with some old-fashioned compliment, that would have been very genteel In
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4
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We have some eddication, though we ain't very genteel.
Kitty's Class Day and Other Stories
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In those days, such a cage was considered a very genteel ornament for a New England kitchen.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 / A Magazi...
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The front of this new apartment I hung with blue cloth, which had a very genteel effect.
The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, Volume 1 (of 2)
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The first night he was very genteel.
The Wise Man’s Fear
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I think this very genteel at seventy-five.
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4
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