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Webster 1913 Edition
Genteel
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, address2.
Graceful in mien or form; elegant in appearance, dress, or manner;
as, the lady has a
. Law. genteel
person
Syn. – Polite; well-bred; refined; polished.
Webster 1828 Edition
Genteel
GENTEE'L
,Adj.
1.
Polite; well bred; easy and graceful in manners or behavior; having the manners of well bred people; as genteel company; genteel guests.2.
Polite; easy and graceful; becoming well bred persons; as genteel manners or behavior; a genteel address.3.
Graceful in mein or form; elegant; as the lady has a genteel person.4.
Elegantly dressed.5.
Decorous; refined; free from any thing low or vulgar; as genteel comedy.Definition 2024
genteel
genteel
English
Adjective
genteel (comparative more genteel, superlative most genteel)
- Affectedly proper or refined; somewhat prudish refinement; excessively polite.
- Polite and well-mannered.
- Stylish or elegant.
- Aristocratic
Derived terms
Translations
Polite and well-mannered
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Stylish, elegant
Aristocratic
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