Genteel

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Refined in manner; well-bred and polite.
  • adj. Free from vulgarity or rudeness.
  • adj. Elegantly stylish: genteel manners and appearance.
  • adj. Striving to convey a manner or appearance of refinement and respectability. See Synonyms at polite.
  • adj. Marked by affected and somewhat prudish refinement.
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  • adj. Polite and well-mannered.
  • adj. Stylish or elegant.
  • adj. Aristocratic
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. 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.
  • adj. Graceful in mien or form; elegant in appearance, dress, or manner. Law.
  • adj. Suited to the position of lady or a gentleman.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Polite; well-bred; decorous in manners or behavior; refined: as, genteel company.
  • Adapted to, suitable for, or characteristic of polite society; free from vulgarity or meanness in appearance, quality, amount, etc.; elegant; becoming; adequate: as, genteel manners; a genteel address; genteel comedy; a genteel income or allowance.
  • Fashionable; stylish; à la mode.
  • Synonyms Genteel, Polite, well-mannered, polished. Genteel refers to the outward chiefly; polite to the outward as an expression of inward refinement and kindness. Genteel has latterly tended to express a somewhat fastidious pride of refinement, family position, and the like. Genteel is often largely negative, meaning free from what is low, vulgar, or connected with the uncultivated classes; polite is positive and active, meaning that one acts in a certain way. Polite has, however, a passive meaning, that of ‘polished’: as, polite society, polite literature. See polite.
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  • adj. marked by refinement in taste and manners
    • Equivalent
    refined   
    Cross Reference
    the genteel    genteel business   
    Form
    genteelism   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    well-bred    polite    polished    refined    noble    elegant    stylish   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Biel    Brasil    Camille    Cecile    Cele    Ciel    Emil    Emile    Keil    Kiel   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    gentlemanly    respectable    well-bred    agreeable    polite    fashionable    oblige    affable    virtuous    elegant   
     
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