Genteel

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1. Adjective

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; as, genteel company, manners, address.

2. Adjective

Graceful in mien or form; elegant in appearance, dress, or manner; as, the lady has a genteel person. Law.

3. Adjective

Suited to the position of lady or a gentleman; as, to live in a genteel allowance.

4. Adjective

marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society"
Vocabulary classified under Emotion and tone
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