Genteel vs. Suave

Genteeladjective

Affectedly proper or refined; somewhat prudish refinement; excessively polite.

Suaveadjective

Charming, confident and elegant.

‘a man with a suave demeanor’;

Genteeladjective

Polite and well-mannered.

Suavenoun

Sweet talk.

Genteeladjective

Stylish or elegant.

Suaveadjective

Sweet; pleasant; delightful; gracious or agreeable in manner; bland.

Genteeladjective

Aristocratic

Suaveadjective

having a sophisticated charm;

‘a debonair gentleman’;

Genteeladjective

Possessing or exhibiting the qualities popularly regarded as belonging to high birth and breeding; free from vulgarity, or lowness of taste or behavior; adapted to a refined or cultivated taste; polite; well-bred; as, genteel company, manners, address.

Suaveadjective

smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication;

‘he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage’; ‘the hostess averted a confrontation between two guests with a diplomatic change of subject’; ‘the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error’; ‘affable, suave, moderate men...smugly convinced of their respectability’;

Genteeladjective

Graceful in mien or form; elegant in appearance, dress, or manner; as, the lady has a genteel person. Law.

Suave

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Genteeladjective

Suited to the position of lady or a gentleman; as, to live in a genteel allowance.

Genteeladjective

marked by refinement in taste and manners;

‘cultivated speech’; ‘cultured Bostonians’; ‘cultured tastes’; ‘a genteel old lady’; ‘polite society’;

Genteeladjective

characterized by exaggerated or affected politeness, refinement, or respectability

‘her genteel upbringing’;