- 1. a. 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. Source: opted
- 2. a. Graceful in mien or form; elegant in appearance, dress, or manner; as, the lady has a genteel person. Law. Source: opted
- 3. a. Suited to the position of lady or a gentleman; as, to live in a genteel allowance. Source: opted
- 4. adj. marked by refinement in taste and manners Source: wordnet
- 5. 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. Source: webster
- 6. j:100 s marked by refinement in taste and manners Source: ecdict
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