Word Meaning

Meaning of genteel

- 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.
- Graceful in mien or form; elegant in appearance, dress, or manner; as, the lady has a genteel person. Law.
- Suited to the position of lady or a gentleman; as, to live in a genteel allowance.

Crossword clue for genteel

- Affectedly proper
- Affectedly refined
- Cultured
- Excessively polite
- Ladylike
- Male moray is very polite
- Respectable
- Socially refined
- Well-bred