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Meaning of "genteelly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GENTEELLY

genteelly  [dʒɛnˈtiːlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GENTEELLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Genteelly is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES GENTEELLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of genteelly in the English dictionary

The definition of genteelly in the dictionary is in a refined way. Other definition of genteelly is in an affectedly refined way; with self-conscious politeness.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GENTEELLY


campanile
ˌkæmpəˈniːlɪ
dele
ˈdiːlɪ
Ely
ˈiːlɪ
freely
ˈfriːlɪ
fusilli
fʊˈziːlɪ
Greeley
ˈɡriːlɪ
Healey
ˈhiːlɪ
Healy
ˈhiːlɪ
Kiswahili
ˌkiːswɑːˈhiːlɪ
Lely
ˈliːlɪ
mielie
ˈmiːlɪ
monostele
ˈmɒnəʊˌstiːlɪ
monostely
ˈmɒnəˌstiːlɪ
Ofili
ɒˈfiːlɪ
steelie
ˈstiːlɪ
steely
ˈstiːlɪ
stele
ˈstiːlɪ
Swahili
swɑːˈhiːlɪ
ungenteelly
ˌʌndʒɛnˈtiːlɪ
wheelie
ˈwiːlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GENTEELLY

gent
gentamicin
genteel
genteelise
genteelish
genteelism
genteelness
gentes
gentian
gentian blue
gentian violet
gentianaceous
gentianella
gentil
gentile
Gentile da Fabriano
gentilesse
gentilhomme
gentilic
gentilise

WORDS THAT END LIKE GENTEELLY

belly
cruelly
Donnelly
felly
gelly
grape jelly
gravelly
jelly
Kelly
nelly
novelly
royal jelly
shelly
skelly
smelly
squirrelly
telly
underbelly
welly
yellow-belly

Synonyms and antonyms of genteelly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «genteelly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GENTEELLY

Find out the translation of genteelly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of genteelly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «genteelly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

文雅
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

gentilmente
570 millions of speakers

English

genteelly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

genteelly
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

genteelly
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

деликатно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

genteelly
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

genteelly
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

genteelly
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bersungguh-sungguh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

genteelly
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

上品に
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

genteelly
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Genteelly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

genteelly
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

genteelly
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सभ्यपणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

genteelly
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

genteelly
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

genteelly
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

делікатно
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

genteelly
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

genteelly
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

genteelly
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

genteelly
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

genteelly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of genteelly

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GENTEELLY»

The term «genteelly» is normally little used and occupies the 148.354 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GENTEELLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «genteelly» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «genteelly» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about genteelly

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GENTEELLY»

Discover the use of genteelly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to genteelly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Letters of Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield: ...
Lady Hervey, who is your puff and panegyrist, writes me word, that she saw you lately dance at a ball, and that you dance very genteelly. I am extremely glad to hear it ; for (by the maxim that omne majus con- tinet in se minus), if you dance ...
Philip Dormer Stanhope of Chesterfield, 1845
2
The Letters of Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield: ...
Lady Hervey, who is your puff and panegyrist, writes me word, that she saw you lately dance at a ball, and that you dance very genteelly. I am extremely glad to hear it ; for (by the maxim that omne majus con- tinet in se minus), if you dance ...
Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield, Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope, 1845
3
Letters: Including Numerous Letters Now First Published from ...
Lady Hervey, who is your puff and panegyrist, writes me word, that she saw you lately dance at a ball, and that you dance very genteelly. I am extremely glad to hear it; for (by the maxim that omne majus continet in se minus), if you dance ...
Philip Dormer Stanhope (Earl of Chesterfield.), Mahon, 1847
4
Letters on education, and characters
Lady Hervey, who is your puff and panegyrist, writes me word, that she saw you lately dance at a ball, and that you dance very genteelly. I am extremely glad to hear it ; for (by the maxim that omne majus con- tinet in se minus), if you dance ...
Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield, 1847
5
Letters Written by Lord Chesterfield to His Son
Lady Hervey, who is your puff and panegyrist, writes me word, that she saw you lately dance at a ball, and that you dance very genteelly. I am extremely glad to hear it ; for (by the maxim that omne majus continet in se minus') if you dance ...
Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield, Charles Stokes Carey, 1872
6
The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His ...
More people stand and walk, than sit genteelly. Awkward, ill'bred people, being ashamed, commonly sit bolt upright, and stiff; others, too negligent and easy, se veautrent dans leurfuuteuil, which is ungraceful and ill-bred, unless where the ...
Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield, 1855
7
The monarchy of the middle classes: or, France, social, ...
1,108 5 0 " But the army and navy, to a man genteelly brought up, are certainly, in a pecuniary point of view, far from alluring ; and had the bias in question been so strong as it has been represented, it is somewhat surprising that some more ...
Baron Henry Lytton Bulwer Dalling and Bulwer, 1836
8
Uptown Conversation: The New Jazz Studies
... black men wearing berets,” playing in “dim, smoky clubs,” with that of “short- haired white people peering industrious- ly through their spectacles at densely notated pages of . . . genteelly complex mu- sic in genteelly academic environments.
Robert O'Meally, Robert G. O'Meally, Brent Hayes Edwards, 2013
9
The essentials of logic: being a second edition of Dralloc's ...
Here we omit the businefs of the major proposition, i.e. we omit to state the hypothesis, , or what I have called the first step of addition, [all men must Oil*] Aione, -< Peter is an economist ; f Because all men who live genteelly on a With others, ...
John Collard, 1796
10
Letters Written by the Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer ...
writes me word, that she saw you lately dance at a ball, and that you dance very genteelly. 1 am 'extremely glad to hear it ; for (by the maxim, that *omne majus continet in se minus'), if you danc« genteelly, I presume you walk, sit and stand ...
Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield, 1815

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GENTEELLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term genteelly is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Get ready for the pro-Israel NRA
Pastor Hagee genteelly says, “Every person running for office [in 2016] is going to be aware we have 2.2 million households. If I were a ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
2
Greece brought a latte to a gunfight
He's been genteelly sipping lattes at a gunfight and by doing so has played right into realist German hands by destroying his country's economy ... «MacroBusiness, Jul 15»
3
At the heart of Wimbledon lies the IBM bunker
Hat-wearing tennis lovers fan themselves with genteelly flailing limbs, or whatever else they have to hand, while they sip on a cup of Pimm's. «Ars Technica, Jul 15»
4
A PART OF THE ARREST OF THE CHARLESTON CHURCH …
The cops gave him a nice bulletproof vest to assure that he wouldn't receive any damage on his way to the station and genteelly guided him out ... «Sky Valley Chronicle, Jun 15»
5
Dear white allies after Charleston: Please understand this about …
The cops gave him a nice bulletproof vest to assure that he wouldn't receive any damage on his way to the station and genteelly guided him out ... «Salon, Jun 15»
6
Barbara Hepworth at Tate Britain review – the sculptor's open-air …
... or that Picasso's massive biomorphic heads show up her organicism as genteelly English – among other awkward comparisons – then sure, ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
7
Congressman, you've got some explaining to do
(The corresponding headline in The New York Times that day proclaimed, genteelly, “Owner of a Bar Shot to Death; Suspect Is Held. «Fox News, Jun 15»
8
Crafter of 'Headless Body in Topless Bar' dies at 74
(The corresponding headline in The New York Times that day proclaimed, genteelly, “Owner of a Bar Shot to Death; Suspect Is Held. «LA Observed, Jun 15»
9
Alan Turing: genius, codebreaker, solitaire show-off
By helping Maria to cheat genteelly, he was being considerate towards the niece of a friend, helping her pass the time on a long train journey. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
10
Networking for your business - is mountain biking the new golf?
Until just recently, sets of clubs were genteelly packed into the backs of urban 4x4s, so one didn't know when captains of industry were off to ... «Times LIVE, May 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Genteelly [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/genteelly>. Apr 2024 ».
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