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:

We confess to a moment of doubt about our genteel policy of a week off every now and then when Princess Di was killed the day after our most recent skipped week began.
Book retailing was a genteel and polite profession, too, with few booksellers owning more than one store.
, rather than pursuing the life of genteel poverty demanded by academic or artistic careers.
He's there to deride him for having a genteel wife, Marion (Emily Watson), a baby daughter, and a job snapping pictures for an ad agency--and to remind him that once, in the '60s, they shared an ambition to escape such soul-quashing homogeneity.
Once the gathering place of the colonial “glitterati,” it still draws European travelers for a glimpse of a genteel past.