Related Words for genteel

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refined
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Adjective, Adjective
polite
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Adjective, Adjective
cultured
/x
Adjective, Adjective
cultivated
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Adjective, Adjective
civilized
/xx
Adjective, Adjective
gentlemanly
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Adjective
gentility
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Noun
aristocratic
xxx/x
Adjective
urbane
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Adjective
posh
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Adjective
ladylike
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Adjective
prissy
/x
Noun
uncouth
//
Adjective
patrician
x/x
Noun
decorous
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Adjective
congenial
x/x
Adjective
demure
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Adjective
amiable
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Adjective
bucolic
x/x
Adjective
snooty
/x
Noun
courtly
/x
Adjective
placid
/x
Adjective
highbrow
/x
Noun
sedate
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Adjective
civilised
/xx
Adjective
staid
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Adjective
charming
/x
Adjective
cosmopolitan
xx/xx
Noun
classy
/x
Adjective
boorish
/x
Adjective
upscale
/x
Adjective
affluent
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Adjective
convivial
x/xx
Adjective
debonair
xx/
Adjective
genial
/x
Adjective
folksy
/x
Adjective
jocular
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Adjective
elegant
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Adjective
fashionable
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Adjective
bourgeois
x/
Noun
peaceable
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Adjective
quaint
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Adjective
snobbish
/x
Adjective
mannered
/x
Adjective
vulgar
/x
Noun
uppity
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Noun
stolid
/x
Adjective
homely
/x
Adjective
gentle
/x
Adjective
upmarket
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Adjective
picturesque
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Adjective
salubrious
x/xx
Adjective
gossipy
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Adjective
businesslike
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Adjective
dainty
/x
Adjective
tranquil
/x
Adjective
dignified
/xx
Adjective, Verb
deferential
xx/x
Adjective
opulent
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Adjective
agreeable
x/xx
Adjective
truculent
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Adjective
respectable
x/xx
Adjective
chivalrous
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Adjective
tentative
/xx
Adjective
fine
/
Adjective
gingerly
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Adverb
solicitous
x/xx
Adjective
cleanly
/x
Adjective
fashioned
/x
Adjective
controlled
x/
Adjective
affected
x/x
Verb
proper
/x
Adjective
intimate
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Adjective
politic
/xx
Noun
kindly
/x
Adverb
soft
/
Adjective
touched
/
Verb
apropos
xx/
Noun
moved
/
Verb
courtesy
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Noun
colored
/x
Adjective
chastened
/x
Adjective
studied
/x
Verb
scrupulous
/xx
Adjective
brisk
/
Adjective
prudent
/x
Adjective
pretended
x/x
Verb
bemused
x/
Adjective
incensed
/x
Verb
for real
//
Phrase, Adjective, Adverb
amused
x/
Verb
very
/x
Adverb
anxious
/x
Adjective
close
/
Adjective
tendentious
x/x
Adjective
to the manner born
/x/x/
Phrase, Adjective
clinical
/xx
Adjective
impressed
x/
Verb
spinsters
/x
Noun
poverty
/xx
Noun
euphemism
/xxx
Noun
penury
/xx
Noun
deportment
x/x
Noun
domesticity
xx/xx
Noun
femininity
xx/xx
Noun
upbringing
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Noun
ruffians
x/x
Noun
semitism
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Name
comedy
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Noun
boston
/x
Name
antisemitism
xx/xxx
Noun
decorum
x/x
Noun
lodgings
/x
Noun
womanhood
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Noun
pretensions
x/x
Noun
idleness
/xx
Noun
tradition
x/x
Noun
blackmail
/x
Noun
ladies
/x
Noun
livery
/xx
Noun
suburb
/x
Noun
sentimentality
xxx/xx
Noun
veneer
x/
Noun
condescension
xx/x
Noun
ambience
/xx
Noun
sensibilities
xx/xx
Noun
nothingness
/xx
Noun
reformers
x/x
Noun
elegance
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Noun
propriety
x/xx
Noun
heroine
/xx
Noun
pastimes
/x
Noun
poor
/
Noun
etiquette
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Noun
breeding
/x
Noun
obscurity
x/xx
Noun
demeanor
x/x
Noun
refinement
x/x
Noun
hostess
/x
Noun
clientele
xx/
Noun
distaste
x/
Noun
parlor
/x
Noun
ancient
/x
Adjective, Noun
believe
x/
Verb
boys
/
Noun
cheap
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
colonial
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
convincing
x/x
Adjective, Noun
decent
/x
Adjective
disreputable
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
distinguishable
x/xxx
Adjective
edwardian
x/xx
Adjective, Name
fastidious
x/xx
Adjective
fond
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
fussy
/x
Adjective, Noun
grand
/
Noun, Adjective
heavy
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
inconvenient
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
keen
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
modern
/x
Adjective, Noun
natural
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
near
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
nice
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
pagan
/x
Noun, Adjective
petty
/x
Adjective, Noun
queer
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
simple
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
unassuming
xx/x
Adjective
witty
/x
Adjective, Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
shirtless
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Adjective