belonging or suited to polite society.

well-bred or refined; polite; elegant; stylish.

affectedly or pretentiously polite, delicate, etc.

adjective

boorish , callous , rough , rude , rugged , uncultured , unrefined , unsophisticated

adjective

affected , aristocratic , artificial , chivalrous , civil , confined , courteous , courtly , cultivated , distingu , elegant , fashionable , formal , graceful , hollow , intolerant , la-di-da , mannerly , noble , ostentatious , polished , polite , pompous , precious , pretentious , priggish , prim , prissy , prudish , refined , respectable , straitlaced , stuffy * , stylish , urbane , well-behaved , well-bred , well-mannerednotes:genteel means marked by refinement in taste and manners; a gentile is a person who does not acknowledge your god or denotes a christian as contrasted with a jew; gentle means soft and mild or having or showing a kindly or tender nature , well-mannered , bluenosed , old-maidish , precise , proper , puritanical , strait-laced , stuffy , victorian , cultured , nice