Dictionary Entry
genteel
genteel is a 7-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 11 · 4 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
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.
- 2adjective
Graceful in mien or form; elegant in appearance, dress, or manner; as, the lady has a genteel person. Law.
- 3adjective
Suited to the position of lady or a gentleman; as, to live in a genteel allowance.
- 4adjective
marked by refinement in taste and manners
"cultivated speech"
"cultured Bostonians"
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