Definition of Genteel. Meaning of Genteel. Synonyms of Genteel

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Definition of Genteel

Genteel
Genteel Gen*teel", a. [F. gentil noble, pretty, graceful. See Gentle.] 1. Possessing or exhibiting the qualities popularly regarded as belonging to high birth and breeding; free from vulgarity, or lowness of taste or behavior; adapted to a refined or cultivated taste; polite; well-bred; as, genteel company, manners, address. 2. Graceful in mien or form; elegant in appearance, dress, or manner; as, the lady has a genteel person. Law. 3. Suited to the position of lady or a gentleman; as, to live in a genteel allowance. Syn: Polite; well-bred; refined; polished.

Meaning of Genteel from wikipedia

- (from Old French genterie, from gentil 'high-born, noble') are "well-born, genteel and well-bred people" of high social class, especially in the past. Gentry...
- Genteel poverty is a state of poverty marked by one's connection or affectation towards a higher ("genteel") social class. Those in genteel poverty are...
- Strictly Genteel is a compilation album by Frank Zappa. It focuses on Zappa's "classical" and "serious" compositions, and as such is something of a companion...
- A lady's companion was a woman of genteel birth who lived with a woman of rank or wealth as retainer. The term was in use in the United Kingdom from at...
- A Shabby Genteel Story is an early and unfinished novel by William Makepeace Thackeray. It was first printed among other stories and sketches in his collection...
- A Complete Collection of genteel and ingenious Conversation, according to the most polite mode and method now used at Court, and in the best Companies...
- politicians and businesspeople. The family was among the hübsche ("courtly" or "genteel") families of the Kingdom of Hanover, the informal third elite group after...
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- Miss Bates is a supporting character in Jane Austen's 1815 novel Emma. Genteel but poor, and a compulsive talker, she is memorably insulted on one occasion...
- Hippodamia greeted by a seemingly genteel Centaur in a wall painting from Pompeii...