Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - genteel
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Genteel
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1. A genteel person is respectable and well-mannered, and comes or seems to come from a high social class. It was a place to which genteel families came in search of health and quiet. ...two maiden ladies with genteel manners and voices. ? common ADJ 2. A genteel place or area is quiet and traditional, but may also be old-fashioned and dull. ...the genteel towns of Winchester and Chichester. ADJ: usu ADJ n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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adjective Etymology: Middle French gentil gentle Date: 1599 1. a. having an aristocratic quality or flavor ; stylish b. of or relating to the gentry or upper class c. elegant or graceful in manner, appearance, or shape d. free from vulgarity or rudeness ; polite 2. a. maintaining or striving to maintain the appearance of superior or middle-class social status or respectability b. (1) marked by false delicacy, prudery, or affectation (2) conventionally or insipidly pretty timid and ~ artistic style • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. 1 affectedly or ostentatiously refined or stylish. 2 often iron. of or appropriate to the upper classes. Derivatives genteelly adv. genteelness n. Etymology: earlier gentile, readoption of F gentil GENTLE ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. уст. джентельмен 2. простореч. уст. благородный, благовоспитанный; светский; вежливый genteel poverty —- благородная нищета 3. ирон. нарочито вежливый, выставляющий напоказ свою благовоспитанность; манерный, жеманный; мещански-претенциозный she has a very genteel way of holding her glass —- она держит рюмку, отставив мизинец ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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adj.; iron. 1) благородный; благовоспитанный; светский 2) модный, изящный, элегантный; жеманный Syn: see urbane ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 1599, from M.Fr. gentil "nice, graceful, pleasing," from O.Fr. "high-born, noble" (see gentle). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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