GENTEEL

adjective Etymology: Middle French gentil gentle Date: 1599 1. having an aristocratic quality or flavor ; stylish , of or relating to the gentry or upper class, elegant or graceful in manner, appearance, or shape, free from vulgarity or rudeness ; polite , 2. maintaining or striving to maintain the appearance of superior or middle-class social status or respectability, b. marked by false delicacy, prudery, or affectation, conventionally or insipidly pretty , ~ly adverb ~ness noun