genteel | sense examples, Usage and Definition from wordnet dictionary online

Adjective genteel has 1 sense

civilized, civilised, cultivated, cultured, genteel, polite - marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society"
Antonym: unrefined (indirect, via refined)