Vad betyder genteel på svenska och vad är definitionen av genteel?

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genteel betydelse and definition

0 typical of a high social class:
- The mansion had an atmosphere of genteel elegance and decay.
- He took elocution lessons to try to make his accent sound more genteel.
- a genteel southern lady
- The game seemed to be a more genteel version of American football.
1 polite and correct in manner, or trying to be polite and correct in order to appear to be of a high social class:
- When in company, they affected genteel table manners.

Sectarianism was not, therefore, simply an expression of working-class antagonisms but enjoyed a healthy support in the genteel suburbs.
Indeed, it was because of this sanctification that they could betray codes of genteel conduct without reprisal.
In particular, he casts aspersions on the genteel pretensions of the upper middle classes, and the old boy network's efforts to monopolize professional careers.
The clip-clop of horses' hooves today may evoke flowing silk dresses and frock coats, carriages and a genteel way of life that has disappeared.
He also became critical of the emptiness of the genteel life he was supposed to emulate.
The ornamental cottage is to an equivalent degree a reduction in the social equipment which might be expected by a genteel family.
Rather, she sought a genteel method of putting food on the table for her family.
Historians have often been too ready to accept this image of the reluctant genteel governess without question.