genteel
/d͡ʒɛnˈtiːl/ adjective C2- Affectedly proper or refined; somewhat prudish refinement; excessively polite.
- Polite and well-mannered.
- Stylish or elegant.
- Aristocratic.
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The remainder may be guessed by those whom genteel poverty has driven to ignoble expedient.
so genteel and so easy!
Collins, was a very genteel, pretty kind of girl.
Annesley, a genteel, agreeable-looking woman, whose endeavour to introduce some kind of discourse proved her to be more truly well-bred than either of the others; and between her and Mrs.
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