See genteel in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "Indeed I would advise every ſingle lady, if poſſible, to attend her inamorato, pretty frequently at the card table; and however genteel and agreeable his behaviour should be to herſelf, if he is haſty or pettiſh with any one else in company, she may depend on the ſame fate when once the knot is tied.",
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"word": "აღზრდილი"
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"word": "ზრდილობიანი"
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"word": "დახვეწილი"
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"word": "დარბაისელი"
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"word": "finomkodó"
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"word": "genteel business"
},
{
"word": "genteelism"
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"word": "genteel lady"
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"word": "genteelly"
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"word": "shabby-genteel"
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"text": "Indeed I would advise every ſingle lady, if poſſible, to attend her inamorato, pretty frequently at the card table; and however genteel and agreeable his behaviour should be to herſelf, if he is haſty or pettiſh with any one else in company, she may depend on the ſame fate when once the knot is tied.",
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
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"sense": "excessively polite and well-mannered",
"word": "префинен"
},
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "excessively polite and well-mannered",
"word": "uhlazený"
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "excessively polite and well-mannered",
"word": "nóbl"
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"sense": "excessively polite and well-mannered",
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"code": "eo",
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"sense": "excessively polite and well-mannered",
"word": "ĝentila"
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"sense": "excessively polite and well-mannered",
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"sense": "excessively polite and well-mannered",
"word": "აღზრდილი"
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "zrdilobiani",
"sense": "excessively polite and well-mannered",
"word": "ზრდილობიანი"
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "daxvec̣ili",
"sense": "excessively polite and well-mannered",
"word": "დახვეწილი"
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{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
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"sense": "excessively polite and well-mannered",
"word": "დარბაისელი"
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "excessively polite and well-mannered",
"word": "übertrieben höflich"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "excessively polite and well-mannered",
"word": "affektiert"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "excessively polite and well-mannered",
"word": "finomkodó"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "excessively polite and well-mannered",
"word": "előkelősködő"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "excessively polite and well-mannered",
"word": "cifra"
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "vóspitan",
"sense": "excessively polite and well-mannered",
"word": "во́спитан"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "préfinet",
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"word": "пре́финет"
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"code": "oc",
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"sense": "excessively polite and well-mannered",
"word": "gent"
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{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "excessively polite and well-mannered",
"word": "avenent"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vospítannyj",
"sense": "excessively polite and well-mannered",
"word": "воспи́танный"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "excessively polite and well-mannered",
"word": "förnäm"
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{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "excessively polite and well-mannered",
"word": "crachfonheddig"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "eleganten",
"sense": "stylish, elegant",
"word": "елегантен"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izjašten",
"sense": "stylish, elegant",
"word": "изящен"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "stylish, elegant",
"word": "uhlazený"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "stylish, elegant",
"word": "nóbl"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "stylish, elegant",
"word": "modieus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "stylish, elegant",
"word": "hieno"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "stylish, elegant",
"word": "muodikas"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "stylish, elegant",
"word": "hienostunut"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "stylish, elegant",
"word": "à la mode"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "daxvec̣ili",
"sense": "stylish, elegant",
"word": "დახვეწილი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "eleganṭuri",
"sense": "stylish, elegant",
"word": "ელეგანტური"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "naṭipi",
"sense": "stylish, elegant",
"word": "ნატიფი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "darbaiseli",
"sense": "stylish, elegant",
"word": "დარბაისელი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "moduri",
"sense": "stylish, elegant",
"word": "მოდური"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "moxdenili",
"sense": "stylish, elegant",
"word": "მოხდენილი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "stylish, elegant",
"word": "stilvoll"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "stylish, elegant",
"word": "schick"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "stylish, elegant",
"word": "elegant"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "stylish, elegant",
"word": "disztingvált"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "stylish, elegant",
"word": "kifinomult"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "stylish, elegant",
"word": "finom"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "stylish, elegant",
"word": "sikkes"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "stylish, elegant",
"word": "elegáns"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "stylish, elegant",
"word": "stílusos"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "stylish, elegant",
"word": "galánta"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "elegánten",
"sense": "stylish, elegant",
"word": "елега́нтен"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "móden",
"sense": "stylish, elegant",
"word": "мо́ден"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "stylish, elegant",
"word": "gent"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "stylish, elegant",
"word": "graciós"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "stylish, elegant",
"word": "afièch"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "módnyj",
"sense": "stylish, elegant",
"word": "мо́дный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izjáščnyj",
"sense": "stylish, elegant",
"word": "изя́щный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "elegántnyj",
"sense": "stylish, elegant",
"word": "элега́нтный"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "stylish, elegant",
"word": "hyfoes"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "stylish, elegant",
"word": "boneddigaidd"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "stylish, elegant",
"word": "chwaethus"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "aristocratic",
"word": "noblesní"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "aristocratic",
"word": "nóbl"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "aristocratic",
"word": "aristocratisch"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "aristocratic",
"word": "aristokraattinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "aristocratic",
"word": "yläluokkainen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "aristocratic",
"word": "jalosukuinen"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "arisṭoḳraṭiuli",
"sense": "aristocratic",
"word": "არისტოკრატიული"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "darbaiseli",
"sense": "aristocratic",
"word": "დარბაისელი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ḳetilšobili",
"sense": "aristocratic",
"word": "კეთილშობილი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "aristocratic",
"word": "aristokratisch"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "aristocratic",
"word": "vornehm"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "aristocratic",
"word": "úri"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "aristocratic",
"word": "előkelő"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "aristocratic",
"word": "elit"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "aristocratic",
"word": "szalon-"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "aristocratic",
"word": "arisztokratikus"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "aristokrátski",
"sense": "aristocratic",
"word": "аристокра́тски"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "blagóroden",
"sense": "aristocratic",
"word": "благо́роден"
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{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "aristocratic",
"word": "gent"
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{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "aristocratic",
"word": "nòble"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "aristokratíčeskij",
"sense": "aristocratic",
"word": "аристократи́ческий"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "aristokratíčnyj",
"sense": "aristocratic",
"word": "аристократи́чный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "blagoródnyj",
"sense": "aristocratic",
"word": "благоро́дный"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "aristocratic",
"word": "boneddigaidd"
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],
"word": "genteel"
}
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