genteel

gen·teel  (jn-tl)

adj.

1. Refined in manner; well-bred and polite.

2. Free from vulgarity or rudeness.

3. Elegantly stylish: genteel manners and appearance.

4.

a. Striving to convey a manner or appearance of refinement and respectability. See Synonyms at polite.

b. Marked by affected and somewhat prudish refinement.

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[French gentil, from Old French; see gentle.]

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gen·teelly adv.

gen·teelness n.

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genteel [dʒɛnˈtiːl]

adj

1. affectedly proper or refined; excessively polite

2. respectable, polite, and well-bred a genteel old lady

3. appropriate to polite or fashionable society genteel behaviour

[from French gentil well-born; see gentle]

genteelly  adv

genteelness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

genteel - marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society" cultured, polite, civilised, civilized, cultivated refined - (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel; "she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship"; "refined people with refined taste"

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genteel

adjective refined, cultured, mannerly, elegant, formal, gentlemanly, respectable, polite, cultivated, courteous, courtly, well-bred, ladylike, well-mannered two maiden ladies with genteel manners and voices
rude, unaffected, unrefined, impolite, inelegant, plebeian, discourteous, unpolished, uncultured, ill-bred, unmannerly, low-bred

Translations

genteel [dʒenˈtiːl] ADJ

1. (= middle-class) [person] → elegante, refinado; [manners] → refinado, fino; [atmosphere] → elegante
a genteel resort on the south coast → un elegante centro turístico de la costa del sur
to live in genteel poverty → vivir modestamente pero con dignidad

2. (pej) (= affected) → afectado

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genteel [dʒɛnˈtiːl] adj

[person] → distingué(e)

[place] → raffiné(e)

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genteel

adj

(= refined) person, institution, atmosphere, place → vornehm; family, manners → vornehm, fein; to live in genteel poverty → arm, aber vornehm leben ? shabby

(= overpolite) → geziert; (= euphemistic) term, language → beschönigend

n the genteel pl (form) → die Vornehmen pl

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genteel [dʒɛnˈtiːl] adj (affectedly polite) → affettato/a; (old) (refined) → distinto/a, raffinato/a

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genteel

adj genteel [dʒənˈtiːl]

acting, talking etc with a very great (often too great) attention to the rules of polite behaviour She was laughed at for being too genteel. deftig أنيق جِدّا ирон. благовъзпитан přepjatý, uhlazený fornem vornehm tun εξεζητημένος, ψευτοαριστοκρατικός refinado, fino, distinguido; (peyorativo) afectado, cursi peen(utsev) مودب؛ بزرگوار fiini maniéré נימוסי भद्र, कुलीन otmjen, gospodski finomkodó terlalu sopan góðborgaralegur; tilgerðarlegur manieroso 気どった 품위 있는 gerai išauklėtas, gerų manierų pārsmalcināts terlalu tertib deftig terte-/fisefin, fornem dystyngowany polido politicos (нарочито) благовоспитанный prepiaty, snobský izumetničen otmen []förnäm, gentil ซึ่งทำหัวสูง aşırı kibar, çıtkırıldım (常指太過)彬彬有禮的 ввічливий نمائشی لیاقت یا وضعداری برتنے والا trưởng giả 彬彬有礼的

adv genˈteelly

deftige بِأناقَه شَديدَه прозиращо přepjatě fornemt vornehm tun εξεζητημένα, ψευτοαρχοντικά finamente, distinguidamente; afectadamente peenelt, peenutsevalt بطور مودبانه fiinisti de façon maniérée בצורה מנומסת भद्रता otmjeno, gospodski előkelő(sködő)en dengan sopan góðborgaralega in modo manieroso 気どって 품위 있게 mandagiai pārsmalcināti terlalu tertib deftig fornemt, tertefint dystyngowanie polidamente în mod politicos благовоспитанно prepiato izumetničeno otmeno gentilt อย่างสุภาพมาก zarif bir şekilde (太過)彬彬有禮地 ввічливо نفاست سے trau chuốt 彬彬有礼地

n genˈteelness

deftigheid أناقَه شَديدَه фалшива изтънченост přepjatost v chování fornemhed die Vornehmheit εκζήτηση, ψευτοαρχοντιά finura, distinción; afectación peenu(tsu)s ادب؛ خوش رفتاری fiiniys manières affectées נימוסיות भद्रतापूर्वक, भद्रता से otmjenost előkelőség kesopanan góðborgaraháttur manierismo 気どり 품위 있음 geros manieros, mandagumas pārsmalcinātība sifat terlalu tertib deftigheid fornemhet, tertefinhet dystynkcja polidez politeţe благовоспитанность afektovanosť afektiranost, izumetničenost otmenost gentilhet ความสุภาพ kibarlık (太過)彬彬有禮 благородність نفاست sự trưởng giả 彬彬有礼