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# genteel

«genteel» in Mova's school dictionary: **polite and well-mannered, in an old-fashioned way…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

Genteel means polite and well-mannered, in an old-fashioned way belonging to a respectable, well-off class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/genteel/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories, a person or manner that is polite and proper, sometimes said with a slight joke

### examples

- The musician was very genteel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/genteel/#x1)
- They lived in a genteel part of town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/genteel/#x2)
- It is more genteel to keep quiet at a dinner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/genteel/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «genteel» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/genteel/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.