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genteel
(encz) | genteel,nóbl Zdeněk Brož |
genteel
(encz) | genteel,uhlazený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
genteel
(encz) | genteel,ušlechtilý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
genteel
(encz) | genteel,vznešený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Genteel
(gcide) | 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.
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2. Graceful in mien or form; elegant in appearance, dress, or
manner; as, the lady has a genteel person. Law.
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3. Suited to the position of lady or a gentleman; as, to live
in a genteel allowance.
Syn: Polite; well-bred; refined; polished.
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genteel
(wn) | 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] |
genteel
(devil) | 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.
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genteelest
(encz) | genteelest, |
genteelly
(encz) | genteelly,noblesně adv: Zdeněk Brožgenteelly,vznešeně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
genteelness
(encz) | genteelness,afektovanost n: Zdeněk Brožgenteelness,vznešenost n: Zdeněk Brož |
shabby-genteel
(encz) | shabby-genteel, adj: |
Genteel
(gcide) | 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.
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2. Graceful in mien or form; elegant in appearance, dress, or
manner; as, the lady has a genteel person. Law.
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3. Suited to the position of lady or a gentleman; as, to live
in a genteel allowance.
Syn: Polite; well-bred; refined; polished.
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Genteelish
(gcide) | Genteelish \Gen*teel"ish\, a.
Somewhat genteel.
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Genteelly
(gcide) | Genteelly \Gen*teel"ly\, adv.
In a genteel manner.
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Genteelness
(gcide) | Genteelness \Gen*teel"ness\, n.
The quality of being genteel. Genterie |
Ungenteel
(gcide) | Ungenteel \Ungenteel\
See genteel. |
genteelly
(wn) | genteelly
adv 1: in a genteel manner; "the English lived genteelly in
India" |
genteelness
(wn) | genteelness
n 1: elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression
[syn: breeding, genteelness, gentility] |
shabby-genteel
(wn) | shabby-genteel
adj 1: trying to maintain dignity and self respect despite
shabbiness |
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