genteel
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Britannica Dictionary definition of GENTEEL
[more genteel; most genteel]
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a
somewhat old-fashioned
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of or relating to people who have high social status
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aristocratic
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a person of genteel upbringing
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She was born into a genteel family.
b
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pretending or trying to have the qualities and manners of people who have high social status
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an elderly woman living in genteel poverty
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speaking in a genteel accent
2
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having a quietly appealing or polite quality
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They lived in a more genteel era.
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the genteel manners of an old southern gentleman
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genteel grace
