adjective · rare

genteel

genteel · more genteel · most genteel

воспитанный, модный, изящный, элегантный

übertrieben höflich, affektiert, stilvoll, schick

Affectedly proper or refinedAffectedly proper or refined; somewhat prudish refinement; excessively polite.

/d͡ʒɛnˈtiːl/

» Oh, how genteel and gallant men are when they want something from a poor woman!

Ох! Как воспитаны и галантны бывают мужчины, когда чего-то хотят от бедной женщины!

Meaning

4 senses

Affectedly proper or refined; somewhat prudish refinement; excessively polite.
Polite and well-mannered.
übertrieben höflich, affektiert
воспи́танныйvospítannyj
Stylish or elegant.
stilvoll, schick, elegant
мо́дныйmódnyj, изя́щныйizjáščnyj, элега́нтныйelegántnyj
Aristocratic.
aristokratisch, vornehm
аристократи́ческийaristokratíčeskij, аристократи́чныйaristokratíčnyj, благоро́дныйblagoródnyj

More definitions

marked by refinement in taste and manners

Examples

2 sentences

Oh, how genteel and gallant men are when they want something from a poor woman!
ruОх! Как воспитаны и галантны бывают мужчины, когда чего-то хотят от бедной женщины!
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Years of living an immigrant's life in North America has corrupted her once genteel Filipina demeanour.
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Translations

4 languages

Русский

By meaning 3

excessively polite and well-mannered:

stylish, elegant:

aristocratic:

Deutsch

By meaning 3

excessively polite and well-mannered:

stylish, elegant:

aristocratic:

Origin

Borrowed from French gentil (“gentile”), from Latin gentīlis (“of or belonging to the same

Borrowed from French gentil (“gentile”), from Latin gentīlis (“of or belonging to the same people or nation”), from gēns (“clan; tribe; people, family”) + adjective suffix -īlis (“-ile”). Doublet of gentle, gentile, and jaunty. See also gens, gender, genus, and generation.

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