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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. marked by refinement in taste and manners;
- Example: "cultivated speech"
- Example: "cultured Bostonians"
- Example: "cultured tastes"
- Example: "a genteel old lady"
- Example: "polite society"
[syn: civilized, civilised, cultivated, cultured, genteel, polite]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Genteel \Gen*teel"\, a. [F. gentil noble, pretty, graceful. See
   Gentle.]
   1. Possessing or exhibiting the qualities popularly regarded
      as belonging to high birth and breeding; free from
      vulgarity, or lowness of taste or behavior; adapted to a
      refined or cultivated taste; polite; well-bred; as,
      genteel company, manners, address.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Graceful in mien or form; elegant in appearance, dress, or
      manner; as, the lady has a genteel person. Law.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. Suited to the position of lady or a gentleman; as, to live
      in a genteel allowance.

   Syn: Polite; well-bred; refined; polished.
        [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

genteel
    adj 1: marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated
           speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a
           genteel old lady"; "polite society" [syn: civilized,
           civilised, cultivated, cultured, genteel,
           polite]


The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):

GENTEEL, adj.  Refined, after the fashion of a gent.

    Observe with care, my son, the distinction I reveal:
    A gentleman is gentle and a gent genteel.
    Heed not the definitions your "Unabridged" presents,
    For dictionary makers are generally gents.
                                                                  G.J.