genteel

genteel has 4 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 7.

Definitions

• a.. 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.
• a.. Graceful in mien or form; elegant in appearance, dress, or manner; as, the lady has a genteel person. Law.
• a.. Suited to the position of lady or a gentleman; as, to live in a genteel allowance.
• a.. marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society"