Genteel
Genteel adjective - Following the established traditions of refined society and good taste.
Nice-nelly and genteel are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Nice-nelly" instead an adjective "Genteel".
Nearby Word: genteelly
Nice-nelly
Nice-nelly adjective - Given to or marked by very conservative standards regarding personal behavior or morals.
Usage example: the novel's wildly off base portrayal of 18th-century aristocrats as nice-nelly exemplars of decorum
Genteel and nice-nelly are semantically related. You can use "Genteel" instead an adjective phrase "Nice-nelly".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- refined and genteel
- refined and nice-nelly
- right and genteel
- right and nice-nelly
- proper and genteel
- proper and nice-nelly
- priggish and genteel
- priggish and nice-nelly
- stuffy and genteel
- stuffy and nice-nelly
- puritanical and genteel
- puritanical and nice-nelly
- decent and genteel
- decent and nice-nelly
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