genteel

genteel manners and appearance.

dispelling the myth that croquet is a genteel Sunday afternoon pastime.

She always talks in such a genteel voice when she’s on the phone.

She was a good example of a genteel woman, Lydia thought.

Despite all the genteel charm, Bernini was known to have a low boiling point.

These are genteel people. Tony Lip might be a little...worldly for them.

There was a genteel tap of the knocker and the musical voice asked again.

She belongs in the pantheon of the greatest Americans, not among genteel letter-writers sleeping warmly in their beds.

A short walk from the museum, discover an area that’s a little less genteel-British, and a little more quirky-Canadian.

" I don't know." It was strangely easy to converse with this genteel hunter. " I left him a letter."

O, yes, " a's a civil genteel nobleman enough" .

Dinner, served in this genteel elegance, caps a beautiful day.

That seems like such a holdover from a genteel time -- Yeah.