genteel
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A century on, people’s perception of nonrhoticity changed again, as Irish and Italian immigrants in the American Northeast began to adopt local speech patterns, giving it a less genteel association.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026
This is simply Sheridan’s pitch for escaping New York, but in a genteel manner.
From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2026
The spat led to fears that curling was losing its once genteel image and the Canadians faced criticism in their own national media.
From Barron's ● Feb. 21, 2026
The guy with the nose ring who decides goats, chickens, pigs and other livestock belong in his grandmother’s yard in suburban Indiana, to the despair of the genteel retirees across the street.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
It is dangerous, with such a firm in our midst, to be guilty even of genteel rascality.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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