Genteelish
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Somewhat genteel.
"Not to detail the history minutely, there was a pretty numerous company, two genteelish ladies and their husbands, one a clergyman of buckish cast […] ."
Example
More examples"Not to detail the history minutely, there was a pretty numerous company, two genteelish ladies and their husbands, one a clergyman of buckish cast […] ."
Etymology
From genteel + -ish.
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