genteel
Example Sentences
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It is dangerous, with such a firm in our midst, to be guilty even of genteel rascality.
From Literature
Romney writes that the Austens “were a genteel family — upper-class but not titled.”
From Los Angeles Times
Entertainment, of a presumably worthy variety — which is not to say genteel or exclusive — has long been a key element in the system’s programming and a cornerstone of its fundraising.
From Los Angeles Times
It’s an off-brand, pioneer town that has so far resisted any whiff of genteel urbanity.
From Los Angeles Times
Though he bridled against the genteel expectations of his upbringing, he was popular and effortlessly debonair.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
