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Genteel vs Ultragenteel - What's the difference?

genteel | ultragenteel |

As adjectives the difference between genteel and ultragenteel

is that genteel is affectedly proper or refined; somewhat prudish refinement; excessively polite while ultragenteel is (informal) very genteel.

genteel

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Affectedly proper or refined; somewhat prudish refinement; excessively polite.
  • Polite and well-mannered.
  • Stylish or elegant.
  • Aristocratic
  • Derived terms

    * genteelism

    ultragenteel

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (informal) Very genteel.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=June 17, author=Alastair Macaulay, title=When an Earthbound Lad Meets His Winged Sylph, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=I am relieved that Effie and her fellow Scotswomen do not wear kilts (the mistake made by the majority of today’s “Sylphide” productions), but their empire-line dresses seem to have been purchased in Jane Austen’s Bath, suggesting that this Scottish farmstead houses many more ultragenteel young ladies than we can really credit. }}