adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Dawson came from a genteel family.
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The downtown has a genteel southern charm.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A bit more cultured, a bit more refined, a bit more genteel .
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If you are genteel enough, that sort of imprecision is possible.
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It is easy to pretend that the values and standard of behaviour about which I am speaking are genteel or middle class.
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It was all genteel at first.
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They are not for genteel walkers.