Words similar to genteel

Example sentences for: genteel

How can you use “genteel” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Its former thundering constitutional anathemas are now repositioned as genteel "doubts" about the "extra-legal character" of "an institution still evolving."
Book retailing was a genteel and polite profession, too, with few booksellers owning more than one store.
Grand Bahama, the second most populous island, has Freeport–Lucaya, Nassau’s younger, less genteel “American” cousin; nightlife here is more lavish and audacious than in Nassau.
Some of the original place names were rather crude and had to be changed to appeal to more genteel tastes, but such amelioration was sporadic.
Notice the architecture as well: At the end of the converted carriage houses, the less genteel eastern end gives way to series of alternate classic bow- and flat-fronted townhouses.