2.old-fashionedSSCLASS IN SOCIETY from or relating to a good social class 上流社会的
—genteellyadverbadv
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genteel• A bit more cultured, a bit more refined, a bit more genteel.• It was all genteel at first.• If you are genteel enough, that sort of imprecision is possible.• Dawson came from a genteel family.• It is easy to pretend that the values and standard of behaviour about which I am speaking are genteel or middle class.• The downtown has a genteelsoutherncharm.• They are not for genteelwalkers.