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Definition of Genteel
1. Adjective. Marked by refinement in taste and manners. "Polite society"
Similar to: Refined
Derivative terms: Genteelness
Definition of Genteel
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.
Definition of Genteel
1. Adjective. Polite and well-mannered. ¹
2. Adjective. Stylish or elegant. ¹
3. Adjective. Aristocratic ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Genteel
1. well-bred or refined [adj -TEELER, -TEELEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genteel
Literary usage of Genteel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The British Essayists;: With Prefaces, Historical and Biographical, by Alexander Chalmers (1808)
"To do the genteel thing, to wear the genteel thing, a genteel method of education
aud living, or a genteel way of becoming either a knave or a bankrupt, ..."
2. The Works of Charles Lamb: to which are prefixed his letters, and a sketch by Charles Lamb (1871)
"I have done all that I came into this world to do. I have worked taskwork, and
have the rest of the day to myself. THE genteel STYLE IN WRITING. ..."
3. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1899)
"CHAPTER III A SHABBY genteel DINNER, AND OTHER INCIDENTS OF A LIKE NATURE MR.
... Mr. Brandon was a tuft-hunter of the genteel sort ; his pride being quite ..."
4. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Fourth Earl of Orford by Horace Walpole, Peter Cunningham (1891)
"Who should act genteel comedy perfectly, but people of fashion that have sense P
... Why are there so few genteel comedies, but because most comedies are ..."
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