genteel
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Genteel Southern culture figured more prominently in Wu’s upbringing than ancient Chinese traditions did.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 16, 2019
His, is a contrived Genteel feebleness and "daintines"; almost like he needs smelling-salts if he is challenged.
From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2018
Genteel and wryly suave, Nick seldom tangles physically with the blackmailers, assassins and sundry evildoers whom he ferrets out with one hand while reaching for a martini with the other.
From Time Magazine Archive
Genteel humor has never been despised by the Royal Academy.
From Time Magazine Archive
Genteel is most often used by those who write, as the Scotchman of the anecdote joked—wi' deeficulty.
From Write It Right A Little Blacklist of Literary Faults by Bierce, Ambrose
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