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genteel definition

gen·teel (jen tēl)

adjective

  1. Old-fashioned having or showing the good taste and refinement associated with polite society; elegant, fashionable, etc.
  2. excessively or affectedly refined, polite, etc.

Etymology: < Fr gentil (of same orig. as gentle & jaunty, but borrowed again in 16th c.)

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