genteel
adjective
belonging or suited to polite society.
ungenteel
-
a word derived from
genteel.
Example Sentences
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The characters can be raucous and the situations ungenteel, but not since “Clueless,” which transported “Emma” to Beverly Hills, has Austen been so delightedly interpreted.
From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2016
As education for editing a magazine as national as the Post, this early and extremely ungenteel footlessness could scarcely be beaten.
From Time Magazine Archive
There was the possibility of some pretentions to gentility on the part of a dweller in Jessamine Cottage, whereas Friar's Row, though it might, perhaps, be comfortable, was hopelessly ungenteel.
From That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 3 by Frances Eleanor Trollope
Elizabeth had fully expected Estella to be pronounced entirely ungenteel, and no sort of person to associate with a Gordon.
From 'Lizbeth of the Dale by Mary Esther Miller MacGregor
"Your rich cake allers lies heavy on my pore stomach, but 'twould be ungenteel to refuse."
From The Soul of Susan Yellam by Horace Annesley Vachell
