adjective
or spir·i·tu·elle |spirə̇]chə|wel, -rē], ]tə|wel, ].|twel
Etymology: spirituel from French, literally, spiritual; spirituelle from French, feminine of spirituel — more at spiritual
: having or characterized by a highly refined and especially sprightly, bright, or witty nature
writes with a tenderness which is spirituel rather than spiritual — Malcolm Muggeridge
a personality as spirituelle and knowing as any practicing sophisticate's — Jean Stafford