genteelish en · ADJ
Etymology
From genteel + -ish.
Meanings
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Somewhat genteel.
Not to detail the history minutely, there was a pretty numerous company, two genteelish ladies and their husbands, one a clergyman of buckish cast […] .
1790, James Boswell, in Danziger & Brady (eds.), Boswell: The Great Biographer (Journals 1789–1795), Yale 1989, p. 97
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most genteelish | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more genteelish | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |