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genteeler

genteeler is the comparative form of genteel.

Meaning of genteel

Adjective

genteel (comparative more genteel, superlative most genteel)

  1. Affectedly proper or refined; somewhat prudish refinement; excessively polite.
    • Genteel America was handicapped by meagerness of soul, thinness of temper, paucity of talent.1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 407
  2. Polite and well-mannered.
    • Indeed I would advise every ſingle lady, if poſſible, to attend her inamorato, pretty frequently at the card table; and however genteel and agreeable his behaviour should be to herſelf, if he is haſty or pettiſh with any one else in company, she may depend on the ſame fate when once the knot is...1795, Joseph Addison, “An Essay on Card-playing”, in Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments; Tending to Amuse the Fancy, and Inculcate Morality, page 67
  3. Stylish or elegant.
  4. Aristocratic.

Questions about genteeler

What is genteeler the comparative form of?
Genteeler is the comparative form of genteel.

Words near genteeler in the dictionary

  1. gentamycin
  2. gentamycine
  3. genteel
  4. genteel business
  5. genteel lady
  6. genteeler
  7. genteelest
  8. genteelise
  9. genteelish
  10. genteelism
  11. genteelisms

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