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.
adj. marked by refinement in taste and manners. 
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61. "Last Man in Tower" depicts a genteel middle-class impoverishment of imagination and hope.
62. I've been on regular "TwiTrips" ever since and am never disappointed with what is recommended... from genteel picnics on Oxford college lawns to transvestite cabaret clubs in Blackpool.
63. She always talks in a genteel voice when she's on the phone.
64. May, a donnish, genteel man nicknamed Captain Slow by his colleagues for his championing of comfort over speed in cars, thinks Top Gear gives viewers vicarious pleasure.
65. He was afraid of none, not he ; on'y Silver - Silver was that genteel.'
66. His ideal of quiet and of genteel retirement was found in Washington Square.
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