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:

Critics are titillated by the biographical mysteries surrounding de Kooning's 1980s paintings, but maintain a genteel focus on the paintings themselves.
Instead, there's a book that reads like a genteel obituary.
Its former thundering constitutional anathemas are now repositioned as genteel "doubts" about the "extra-legal character" of "an institution still evolving."
In June 1984 I moved from Ottawa to Victoria, on Vancouver Island, where I now enjoy genteel retirement.
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.