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genteel
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following the established traditions of refined society and good taste<those bygone days when young women were taught how to drink tea while wearing long gloves and other genteel ways of behaving>— see proper 1
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having or showing a taste for the fine arts and gracious living<a genteel opera lover who relished the opportunity to play hostess to her favorite tenor>— see cultivated
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of high birth, rank, or station<the genteel ladies never mixed with the servants><a princess of genteel birth>— see noble 1
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showing consideration, courtesy, and good manners<was impressed with his genteel gesture of holding the door for the group of ladies leaving the restaurant>— see polite 1
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