Margaret Cavendish

A rude nature is worse than a brute nature by so much more as man is better than a beast: and those that are of civil natures and genteel dispositions are as much nearer to celestial creatures as those that are rude and cruel are to devils.

English Writer

Soni Razdan

Being half Kashmiri, it's always special for me to shoot in the valley and to be there with the locals. They are all very warm people who are very hospitable and genteel and always welcome everyone with an open heart.

British Actress

Rhea Perlman

Everyone's surprised when they meet me. I guess it's because I've played tough cookies for so long... It's what I do best. I'm not sure I could pull off a genteel Southern belle.

American Actress

Amy Vanderbilt

I am a journalist in the field of etiquette. I try to find out what the most genteel people regularly do, what traditions they have discarded, what compromises they have made.

American Author

Ross Douthat

Awards shows are being pushed to shed their genteel limousine liberalism and embrace the race-gender-sexual identity agenda in full.

Max Boot

The genteel conservatism of 'Downton Abbey' is not a rigid, extremist ideology whose adherents are bent on power at all costs.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Genteel women suppose that those things do not really exist about which it is impossible to talk in polite company.

German Philosopher

Tony Harrison

I hate the anglicanisation of culture, the idea that culture is genteel. It's not genteel.

English Poet

Rosemary Mahoney

Writing is not a genteel profession; it's quite nasty and tough and kind of dirty.

American Writer

Thomas Hardy

Dialect words are those terrible marks of the beast to the truly genteel.

English Novelist

Used to imply that someone might be showing off their polite behavior in a superficial way.

Ostentatious Tone

Be cautious; using 'genteel' could suggest insincerity when describing someone too eagerly polite.

Mockery Avoidance

Often used to describe behaviors fitting the 18th or 19th-century polite society expectations.

Historical Context

Suggests qualities associated with traditional upper-middle-class lifestyles and values.

Social Class Hint

May indirectly refer to affluence or financial well-being without direct mention of wealth.

Economic Status

Relates to an appearance that is tastefully attractive and not overly flashy or extravagant.

Subdued Fashion

Evokes imagery of a person who exudes elegance through modesty and natural charm.