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ultragenteel

ultragenteel adjective: very genteel.

Adjective

ultragenteel (comparative more ultragenteel, superlative most ultragenteel)

  1. (informal) Very genteel.
    • I am relieved that Effie and her fellow Scotswomen do not wear kilts (the mistake made by the majority of today’s “Sylphide” productions), but their empire-line dresses seem to have been purchased in Jane Austen’s Bath, suggesting that this Scottish farmstead houses many more ultragenteel young...2009 June 17, Alastair Macaulay, “When an Earthbound Lad Meets His Winged Sylph”, in New York Times

Forms of ultragenteel

comparativemore ultragenteel
superlativemost ultragenteel

Origin of ultragenteel

From ultra- + genteel.

Questions about ultragenteel

What does ultragenteel mean?
Ultragenteel means very genteel.
What part of speech is ultragenteel?
Ultragenteel is an adjective.

Words near ultragenteel in the dictionary

  1. ultrafunky
  2. ultrafuturistic
  3. ultragallant
  4. ultragaseous
  5. ultrageeky
  6. ultragenteel
  7. ultraglamorous
  8. ultraglossy
  9. ultragood
  10. ultragraph
  11. ultragraphs

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