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Natty vs Genteel - What's the difference?

natty | genteel |

As adjectives the difference between natty and genteel

is that natty is (informal) smart and fashionable while genteel is affectedly proper or refined; somewhat prudish refinement; excessively polite.

natty

English

Adjective

(er)
  • (informal) Smart and fashionable.
  • (Jamaican slang) knotty (e. g. natty dreadlocks)

    • 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