Example Sentences

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Jane had to be a tough negotiator; the Porters were genteelly poor.

From Washington Post • Oct. 25, 2022

The time remaining on Café Presse’s clock — with the wallpaper beyond it genteelly peeling — now numbers in hours rather than days.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 12, 2022

But he will say that “the production, cleanly directed by Echo artistic director Chris Fields, concentrates on the interactions of characters who exemplify some of the worst traits in their genteelly dog-eat-dog line of work.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2018

When our turn came, we panelists chatted genteelly, trading solemn nods and shakes of the head.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 10, 2016

The heroines in books seemed to faint a lot, swaying genteelly onto a handy padded couch or into the convenient arms of some concerned suitor.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly