单词 | genteel-like |
释义 | > as lemmasgenˈteel-like genˈteel-like adv. and adj. (a) adv. in a genteel manner (rare); (b) adj. characteristic of or resembling that of a genteel person. ΚΠ 1635 H. Goodcole Heavens Speedie Hue & Cry (new ed.) sig. Cv If they be Cheaters, looke if they bee not Gentile-like cloathed. 1765 S. Foote Commissary ii. 29 I accost him, in a courteous, genteel-like manner. 1949 F. van W. Mason Cutlass Empire iii. 17 Try to speak genteel-like. 2011 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 13 Aug. (Sports section) s3 As the top seeds have fallen like tenpins in a bowling alley, the lesser lights have come to the fore, sometimes with rare, hardly genteel-like emotion. < as lemmas |
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