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Definition of Genteelly
1. Adverb. In a genteel manner. "The English lived genteelly in India"
Definition of Genteelly
1. adv. In a genteel manner.
Definition of Genteelly
1. Adverb. In a genteel manner. ¹
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Definition of Genteelly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genteelly
Literary usage of Genteelly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Letters of Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, with the Characters by Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield (1892)
"Lady Hervey, who is your puff and panegyrist, writes me word, that she saw you
lately dance at a ball, and that you dance very genteelly. ..."
2. The Spectator by Joseph Addison, Richard Steele (1830)
"It must be allowed, that any young fellow that affects to dress and appear
genteelly, might with artificial management, save ten pounds ..."
3. The Letters of Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield: Including by Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield (1892)
"Lady Hervey, who is your puff and panegyrist, writes me word, that she saw you
lately dance at a ball, and that you dance very genteelly. ..."
4. The Letters of the Earl of Chesterfield to His Son by Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Philip Stanhope, Eugenia Stanhope, Charles Strachey, Annette Calthrop (1901)
"occasionally to write and talk genteelly, .»•«/• des riens, whicli 1 can tell
you is a very useful part upon worldly knowledge; for in some companies, ..."
5. The History of Irish Periodical Literature: From the End of the 17th to the by Richard Robert Madden (1867)
"When it came to an end, in the usual newspaper parlance, it was genteelly said
to have merged in " The Shamrock," established by Dr. Hearn. LIMERICK PAPERS. ..."
6. Irene the Missionary by John William De Forest (1879)
"In the mean time, the veteran of society praised himself for having been so
genteelly patient with the missionary, and thought of him as an inexperienced, ..."
7. The Lounger's Common-place Book: Or Miscellaneous Collections in History by Jeremiah Whitaker Newman (1838)
"... us little consolation to reflect that we lived genteelly—that our wives and
daughters excelled their neighbours in the elegance and splendour of dress; ..."
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