genteel English

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What does genteel mean?

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genteel Adjective

— Genteel means refined and showing the polite manners and traditions of society. Crook your pinkie when you drink tea. People will think you have a genteel background.

genteel

— adjective (= cultivated, cultured, polite) marked by refinement in taste and manners cultivated speech cultured Bostonians cultured tastes a genteel old lady polite society

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polite

urbane

cultured

courteous

refined

noble

mannerly

civilized

civilised

well-mannered

pretentious

gracious

gentle

elegant

cultivated

courtly

civil

well-read

well-educated

well mannered

upper-class

thoroughbred

tasteful

sumptuous

stylish

soulful

sophisticated

resplendent

quiet

principal

prim

patrician

obliging

lovely

learned

ladylike

kind

jaunty

handsome

gracefulness

graceful

gentlemanly

generous

gallant

formal

exquisite

elegance

decent

debonair

considerate