genteel

adj.

1. Refined in manner; well-bred and polite.
2. Free from vulgarity or rudeness.
3. Elegantly stylish: genteel manners and appearance.
4. 1. Striving to convey a manner or appearance of refinement and respectability. See synonyms at polite.
   2. Marked by affected and somewhat prudish refinement.

[French gentil, from Old French. See gentle.]

genteelly gen·teel'ly adv.
genteelness gen·teel'ness n.

adjective

1. Characterized by good manners: civil, courteous, mannerly, polite, well-bred, well-mannered. See courtesy/discourtesy.
2. Marked by excessive concern for propriety and good form: bluenosed, old-maidish, precise, priggish, prim, prissy, proper, prudish, puritanical, strait-laced, stuffy, Victorian. Idioms: prim and proper. See plain/fancy.

adj

Definition: sophisticated, cultured
Antonyms: boorish, callous, rough, rude, rugged, uncouth, uncultured, unrefined, unsophisticated

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A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

adj.

Refined, after the fashion of a gent.

    Observe with care, my son, the distinction I reveal:
    A gentleman is gentle and a gent genteel.
    Heed not the definitions your "Unabridged" presents,
    For dictionary makers are generally gents.
                                                                  G.J.

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IN BRIEF: Polite or well-bred.

All of the guests at the wedding appeared to be very genteel.

Tutor's tip: A "gentile" (one who is not Jewish or Mormon) can be "genteel" (polite) and also "gentle" (kind).

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - fin, fornem, dannet, elegant

Nederlands (Dutch)
gemaakt deftig, betreffende de hogere sociale klassen, chic, beleefd, geaffecteerd

Français (French)
adj. - distingué, affecté, maniéré (péj)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - vornehm

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ψευτοαριστοκρατικός, ψευτοαρχοντικός, ευγενής, με καλούς τρόπους, κομψός

Italiano (Italian)
signorile, manieroso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - gentil, amável, elegante

Русский (Russian)
аристократический, стильный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - fino, distinguido, afectado, cursi

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - fin, förnäm

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
有教养的, 优雅的, 上流的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 有教養的, 優雅的, 上流的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 기품이 있는, 뽐내는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - お上品ぶった, しとやかな, 上品ぶった

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) انيق, ظريف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮נימוסי, מחונך, (לעיתים באירוניה) משוייך למעמד העליון‬

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