genteel

How to use genteel in a sentence

In the genteel parlance of diplomat-speak, that counts as a dressing-down.

Preserving the spirit of that era is the Claremont Hotel, a genteel 1884 rambler in the Quiet Side town of Southwest Harbor.

Recline against your genteel friend as unobtrusively you can.

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"I bought them boots to wear only when I go into genteel society," said one of the codfish tribe, to a wag, the other day.

In those days, such a cage was considered a very genteel ornament for a New England kitchen.

Board and lodging in a genteel house, five-and-twenty Louis annually.

This day a genteel woman came to me, claiming kindred of me, as she had once done before, and borrowed 10s.

The more genteel worshippers take up their quarters mainly on the ground floor—at the back of the central seats and at the sides.

This is a new, and somewhat genteel-looking building—has a rather “taking” outside, and is inclined to be smart within.

The society is good, and to a stranger of genteel appearance, perfectly accessible either with or without introduction.

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OCTOBER 26, 1985