genteel
Example Sentences
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Though he bridled against the genteel expectations of his upbringing, he was popular and effortlessly debonair.
It's believed that the rule stems from the 1800s, when tennis was a genteel sport played primarily at social gatherings, particularly by women.
From Salon
Biden has promised a “foreign policy for the middle class,” but Europeans wonder whether that might simply mean Trump-era trade barriers in a more genteel wrapping.
From Washington Post
But social media, along with viral video, has barged into the genteel world of professional golf.
From New York Times
The execution is staged amid a genteel garden party attended by gracefully attired White Southerners, at sunset, with pink light glinting through romantic swaths of Spanish moss.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
