Affectedly proper or refined; somewhat prudish refinement; excessively polite. / Polite and well-mannered. / Stylish or elegant. / Aristocratic.

The quality of being genteel.

Genteel behaviour. / (countable) A nicer word used instead of a vulgar or distasteful word

plural of genteelism

comparative form of genteel: more genteel

plural of genteelness

simple past tense and past participle of genteelize

present participle of genteelize

(transitive) To make genteel.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of genteelize