Definition: Possessing or exhibiting the qualities popularly regarded
as belonging to high birth and breeding; free from vulgarity, or
lowness of taste or behavior; adapted to a refined or cultivated taste;
polite; well-bred; as, genteel company, manners, address.
Definition: Graceful in mien or form; elegant in appearance, dress, or
manner; as, the lady has a genteel person. Law.
Definition: Suited to the position of lady or a gentleman; as, to live
in a genteel allowance.
