Synonym: civilised, civilized, cultivated, cultured, polite. Similar words: finite element, absenteeism, intelligent, steel, intelligence agency, volunteer, guarantee, contentment. Meaning: [dʒen'tɪːl] adj. marked by refinement in taste and manners.
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31. This genteel neighborhood of tree-lined streets and solid apartment houses used to be the most fashionable address in Lima.
32. We all were raised Southern enough to be genteel about honesty.
33. They were genteel ladies and unmarried, and what they could claim, therefore, were modest means and purity.
34. Dickens describes it merely as' a genteel old-fashioned house, very quiet and orderly.
35. He came from a genteel family.
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36. She lived a genteel, careful, frugal life.
37. You are genteel enough, you look like a lady.
38. Say a bouquet, sister Jemima ,'tis more genteel.
39. Simple and decent, fashionable and meaningful, genteel taste gives out since.
40. But on at least two issues, such genteel methods are proving inadequate.
41. The formal exchange of tributes may seem like nostalgic gestures from a more genteel, less cynical era, but the participants re-enact a classical political dramaturgy.
42. I have known many couples, who have entirely disliked each other, lead very comfortable genteel lives.
43. There are not as many genteel young men in Devonshire as Sussex.
44. For advice on press relations, Obama turns to Robert Gibbs, a tough-minded Southerner with a genteel manner who oversaw tight control of media access to the candidate.
45. Three years ago, the alleged chief interrogator at a torture center in Argentina was found running a genteel antiques shop in The Plains, Virginia.
46. For many poor, young, urban blacks, King was too middle-class and genteel, too Southern, too churchly and high-flown; Malcolm had lived as they had.
47. The "Genteel Lu" brocade has a good permeability, hydroscopic property, and pull resistance.
48. "A man, indeed, is not genteel when he gets drunk; but most vices may be committed very genteelly" (James Boswell).
49. He was only a soft - hearted grateful fellow, and had nothing genteel or polite about him.
50. Our panic is more genteel, softened by balmy California weather, a laid-back attitude, and, OK, the fact that we haven't had a local industry completely implode.
51. After a cycle tour of historic, genteel St Andrews town we crossed breathtaking eight-mile-long Confederation Bridge into Prince Edward Island, or PEI.
52. People you know or have just met often remark on your genteel ways.
53. While dark - haired Bill exudes genteel values, Eric thrills with bad - boy mystique.
54. I'd stint myself to keep you both in a genteel and seemly style.
55. In the 1930 s there was a return to a more genteel, ladylike appearance.
56. The Danes also hold an annual celebration of somewhat less genteel ancestors — the marauding Vikings.
57. She spent most of her declining years in genteel poverty.
58. Although she was poor, she was living in genteel poverty.
59. Serena Williams sent shock waves through the genteel world of women's tennis in September when the 27-year-old phenom erupted in rage against a U.S. Open line judge.
60. A man, indeed, is not genteel when he gets drunk; but most vices may BE committed very genteel ly(James Boswell.
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