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1. (adj.) genteel
belonging or suited to polite society.
2. genteel
well-bred; polite; elegant.
3. genteel
affectedly polite or delicate.
Etymology: (1590–1600; < MF gentil; see gentle)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) civilized, civilised, cultivated, cultured, genteel, polite
marked by refinement in taste and manners
"cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society"
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1. (adj) genteel
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. (adj) genteel
graceful in mien or form; elegant in appearance, dress, or manner; as, the lady has a genteel person. Law
3. (adj) genteel
suited to the position of lady or a gentleman; as, to live in a genteel allowance
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Sense: acting, talking etc with a very great (often too great) attention to the rules of polite behaviour
She was laughed at for being too genteel.
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 Afrikaans: deftig |
 Arabic: أنيق جِدّا |
 Bulgarian: ирон. благовъзпитан |
 Brazilian: polido |
 Czech: přepjatý, uhlazený |
 German: vornehm tun |
 Danish: fornem |
 Greek: εξεζητημένος, ψευτοαριστο |
 Spanish: refinado, fino, distingui |
 Estonian: peen(utsev) |
 Farsi: مودب؛ بزرگوار |
 Finnish: fiini |
 French: maniéré |
 Hebrew: נימוסי |
 Hindi: भद्र, कुलीन |
 Croatian: otmjen, gospodski |
 Hungarian: finomkodó |
 Indonesian: terlalu sopan |
 Icelandic: góðborgaralegur; tilgerða |
 Italian: manieroso |
 Japanese: 気どった |
 Korean: 품위 있는 |
 Lithuanian: gerai išauklėtas, gerų ma |
 Latvian: pārsmalcināts |
 Malay: terlalu tertib |
 Dutch: deftig |
 Norwegian: terte-/fisefin, fornem |
 Polish: dystyngowany |
 Persian: مودب؛ بزرگوار |
 Pashto: باتربيه، اصيل موْدب |
 Portuguese: polido |
 Romanian: politicos |
 Russian: (нарочито) благовоспитанн |
 Slovak: prepiaty, snobský |
 Slovenian: izumetničen |
 Serbian: otmen |
 Swedish: [strunt]förnäm, gentil |
 Thai: สุภาพเกินไป |
 Turkish: aşırı kibar, çıtkırıldım |
 Taiwanese: (常指太過)彬彬有禮的 |
 Ukrainian: ввічливий |
 Urdu: نمائشی لیاقت یا وضعداری ب |
 Vietnamese: trưởng giả |
 Chinese: （常指太过）彬彬有礼的 |
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