Examples of 'genteel' in a sentence
Meaning of "genteel"
Genteel (adjective) - Polite, refined, or respectable, often in an affected or ostentatious way
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- Affectedly proper or refined; somewhat prudish refinement; excessively polite.
- Polite and well-mannered.
- Stylish or elegant.
- Aristocratic.
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You are truly genteel in showing me the property.
It is more carnal desire than genteel lovemaking.
Here is this genteel and beautiful woman.
Genteel travelers needed something better than cauponae.
The old man living in genteel poverty was gone.
My genteel mother would have been appalled.
It is near the church and a genteel situation.
He was a genteel man with a very hearty appetite.
There is much to enjoy in the society of the genteel.
It was genteel in expressive impact without being genteel in social conformity.
I can offer you a more genteel way of life.
Or genteel televised jumble sales like.
I think that might be a little bit genteel for me.
Into the genteel prose of his better work.
But maybe you were expecting somebody more genteel.
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New genteel hôme destination coming soon.
Less call for it among my more genteel customers.
Genteel game played with them.
Do not be fooled by his genteel accent.
We sure get a genteel clientele with these charity shindigs.
And currently it is this genteel fragrance.
Like a genteel sort of lady.
Our society is actually quite genteel.
He is not so genteel as real gentlemen.
Genteel and youthful air.
I would rather focus on a more genteel sort of photograph.
This was a genteel way of saying that the president was lying.
She seems to me very genteel.
She returns to live in genteel poverty with her parents.
A genteel tradition is thus overthrown.
No more less genteel than us.
It seems you brutish attacks are useless against my genteel form.
He is not so genteel as a real gentleman.
I think that might bea little bit genteel for me.
This is a genteel house now.
He wants to become more genteel.
You have a much more genteel personality than your friend.
It was also part of the clothing of the genteel classes.
This is not the usual genteel stuff you normally carry.
Genteel synonyms are used.
I am trying to be genteel and shit.
But his genteel way of life was rocked by a family scandal.
She was a real genteel lady.
The things make the room look so cozy and genteel.
It does seem a most genteel environment.
Her genteel upbringing makes her something of a misfit with the other girls.
A very parfait genteel knight.
There are indeed strange rumors about our baron and his genteel wife.
These are genteel men.
His genteel carriage and agreeable disposition gain him the esteem of every one.
