genteel

Example Sentences

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This is simply his pitch for escaping New York, but in a genteel manner.

From Salon

Not a polite, genteel smile but an actual unexpected giggle.

From Literature

Teacher and performer, he revealed the works of Nature to a genteel audience amid the sensory manipulations of the theater.

From The Wall Street Journal

The winner Talarico, who has a Master of Divinity degree from a Christian seminary, offered a more genteel approach.

From BBC

Injury ended his gridiron dreams and led him onto the more genteel fields of baseball, where he became a peacekeeper rather than a mayhem maker.

From The Wall Street Journal