Genteelish

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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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