| a. | 1. | Possessing or exhibiting the qualities popularly regarded as belonging to high birth and breeding; free from vulgarity, or lowness of taste or behavior; adapted to a refined or cultivated taste; polite; well-bred; |
| 2. | Graceful in mien or form; elegant in appearance, dress, or manner; | |
| 3. | Suited to the position of lady or a gentleman; |
| Adj. | 1. | genteel - marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society" |
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