Gen-teel', a.
a. [Fr., Pr., Sp., & Pg. gentil, It. gentile, Lat. gentilis, belonging to the same clan, stock, or race, from gens, race, stock, family, and with the sense of noble, or at least respectable, birth, as we say birth and family.]
Sense 1. Possessing or exhibiting the qualities popularly regarded as belonging to high birth and breeding; free from lowness of taste or behavior; adapted to a refined or cultivated taste; polite; well-bred; easy in manners; as, genteel company; genteel guests; genteel manners; a genteel address.
Sense 2. Graceful in mien or form; elegant in appearance, dress, or manner; as, the lady has a genteel person. Law.
Syn. —Polite; well-bred; refined; polished; elegant; fashionable.