adj.1 affectedly or ostentatiously refined or stylish.
2 often iron. of or appropriate to the upper classes.
Derivatives:
genteelly adv. genteelness n.
Etymology: earlier gentile, readoption of F gentil GENTLE
adj.1 affectedly or ostentatiously refined or stylish.
2 often iron. of or appropriate to the upper classes.
Derivatives:
genteelly adv. genteelness n.
Etymology: earlier gentile, readoption of F gentil GENTLE
Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012