Definitions for genteel
dʒɛnˈtilgen·teel

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. civilized, civilised, cultivated, cultured, genteel, politeadjective

   marked by refinement in taste and manners

   "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. genteeladjective

   Polite and well-mannered.

2. genteeladjective

   Stylish or elegant.

3. genteeladjective

   Aristocratic

4. Etymology: From gentil

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. GENTEELadjective

   Etymology: gentil, French.

   1. Polite; elegant in behaviour; civil.

   He had a genteeler manner of binding the chains of this kingdom than most of his predecessors. Jonathan Swift, to Gay.

   Their poets have no notion of genteel comedy, and fall into the most filthy double meanings when they have a mind to make their audience merry. Joseph Addison, Remarks on Italy.

   2. Graceful in mien.

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1. genteel

   Genteel refers to a person who is refined, polite, well-mannered, or respectable, often in a way associated with a high social class or good upbringing. It can also refer to something that is elegantly or stylishly fashionable. In a negative context, it can imply an exaggerated or affected degree of refinement or politeness.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Genteeladjective

   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. Genteeladjective

   graceful in mien or form; elegant in appearance, dress, or manner; as, the lady has a genteel person. Law

3. Genteeladjective

   suited to the position of lady or a gentleman; as, to live in a genteel allowance

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Genteel

   jen-tēl′, adj. well-bred: graceful in manners or in form: fashionable.—adj. Genteel′ish, somewhat genteel.—adv. Genteel′ly.—n. Genteel′ness (same as Gentility).—The genteel, the manners and usages of genteel or well-bred society. [Fr. gentil—L. gentilis, belonging to the same gens, or clan—later, well-bred.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of genteel in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of genteel in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of genteel in a Sentence

1. Drinks International:

   But the Dead Rabbit is more than the sum of its liquid parts, fusing as it does colorful historical references to the city’s 19th-century Water Street rough-neck pub set and Lower Broadway’s genteel cocktail imbibers in an atmosphere of Irish-American hospitality.

2. Thomas Hardy:

   Dialect words are those terrible marks of the beast to the truly genteel.

3. Communications Director Jennifer Palmieri:

   He can come on with a relatively genteel persona that is calm, or he can come in very aggressive and be aggressive in a way that you would not normally see a presidential, you know Republican nominee behave and so we're preparing for either one. Fox News can confirm that two of the most experienced debate strategists – D.C. lawyer Karen Dunn and former Al Gore aide Ron Klain -- have been overseeing the Westchester County debate prep. Dunn famously told President Obama to punch Mitt Romney in the mouth after a lackluster debate performance in 2012. The Clinton campaign and surrogates meanwhile are trying to get under Trump’s skin by circulating a 19-page list of Trump’s.

4. Chris Swecker:

   You know, it's kid-gloves, it's going about it in a very nice way, very genteel, this is yet another example, I think, of the genteel way the left and the right are handled.

5. Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!:

   A good bookshop is just a genteel Black Hole that knows how to read.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=genteel
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Genteel
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=genteel
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/genteel
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=genteel