genteel
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gen·teel (jen tēl′)
Related Forms:
- genteelly gen·teel′ly adverb
- genteelness gen·teel′·ness noun
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
genteel
modif.
Polite
courteous, mannerly, well-behaved; see polite 1.Elegant
Refined, but mannered and pompous
affected, pretentious, formal, prim, mannered, mincing, artificial, hollow, conventional, imitative, la-di-da*.
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Modifies a noun
- ambiance: This relaxing resort is becoming a bit busier as popularity grows, but it still boasts a genteel ambiance and a lovely location.
Modifying Another Word
- rather: Hua Hin gives off an air of being a rather genteel resort with a quiet ambiance.
Used with adjective complement
- seem: Of adp's industry seem genteel compared far enough.
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A man, indeed, is not genteel when he gets drunk; but most vicesmay be committed verygenteelly: a manmay debauch his friend's wife genteelly: he may cheat at cardsgenteelly.
What all men should avoid is the'shabby genteel'. No man ever gets over it You had better be in rags.
Her occasional pretty and picturesque use of dialect wordsöthose terrible marks of the beast to the truly genteel.
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