genteel
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gen·teel
(jĕn-tēl′)adj.
1. Refined or polite, often in an affected way: "Who better to domesticate him than the most genteel woman in the world? What better to housebreak him than ... a delicate actress with beautiful diction for his wife?" (Philip Roth). See Synonyms at polite.
2. Typical or characteristic of the upper class: "His family background was somewhat less genteel than his Brahmin name and Harvard pedigree might suggest" (Scot French).
3. Elegantly stylish or fashionable: genteel manners and appearance.
[French gentil, from Old French; see gentle.]
gen·teel′ly adv.
gen·teel′ness n.
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.
[C16: from French gentil well-born; see gentle]
genˈteelly adv
genˈteelness n
gen•teel
(dʒɛnˈtil)adj.
1. belonging or suited to polite society.
2. well-bred; polite; elegant.
3. affectedly polite or delicate.
[1590–1600; < Middle French gentil; see gentle]
gen•teel′ly, adv.
gen•teel′ness, n.
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Adj. | 1. | genteel - marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society" refined - (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel; "she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship"; "refined people with refined taste" |
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
rude, unaffected, unrefined, impolite, inelegant, plebeian, discourteous, unpolished, uncultured, ill-bred, unmannerly, low-bred
genteel
adjective2. Marked by excessive concern for propriety and good form:
bluenosed, old-maidish, precise, priggish, prim, prissy, proper, prudish, puritanical, strait-laced, stuffy, Victorian.
Idiom: prim and proper.
Translations
أنيق جِدّا
přepjatýuhlazený
fornem
góîborgaralegur; tilgerîarlegur
gerai išauklėtasgeros manierosgerų manierų
pārsmalcināts
aşırı kibarçıtkırıldım
genteel
[dʒenˈtiːl] ADJ1. (= 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
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
genteel
[dʒɛnˈtiːl] adj (affectedly polite) → affettato/a; (old) (refined) → distinto/a, raffinato/agenteel
(dʒənˈtiːl) adjective 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.
genˈteelly adverbgenˈteelness noun