Genteel

For a place that, on the surface, seems fairly genteel, Ilkley can be a scrappy little town.

He has transformed from a genteel doctor into a fearsome combatant.

In one extraordinary passage, Rocha – belying his genteel image among fellow diplomats – espoused raw macho pride in his achievements after his accomplice said the DGI wanted to know if he was still a “compañero” (comrade).

It was around this time that the more genteel outdoor picnics of the English started appearing in literature, including Jane Austin’s Emma from 1816 in which a vivid portrait of a rustic picnic box on Box Hill is portrayed.

One Tel Aviv is genteel and the other is chaotic.

The show was launched in 2002 by presenter Jeremy Clarkson and producer Andy Wilman, envisioned as a brasher version of the earlier and altogether more genteel motoring programme it takes its name from.

It's a broad-as-a-barnside comedy about the culture clash between the loud New Yorkers and the genteel hicks, and it's a riot.

James’ extremes set the mold for the strange, brutal-yet-genteel world of “Mary & George,” presided over by directors Oliver Hermanus, Alex Winckler and Florian Cossen with star turns from costume designer Annie Symons and production designer Helen Scott.

This envisaged genteel resort boasted large brick bungalows and villas, a temperance hotel along with a church, and even shops accompanied by a tavern.

Unlike Glastonbury, which by all accounts looks like a commune, tents along the Q have been arranged in a genteel English manner.

And maybe he’s not as genteel as some of us would like.

Her father died, and Jane, her mother, and her sister entered a condition of genteel homelessness.

There's very little that’s controversial about the genteel sport of bowls.

This is Britain’s answer to the White House’s daily coronavirus briefing — and except for the starting time, Downing Street’s genteel exercise is the antithesis of the fiery, freewheeling spectacle presided over by President Trump across the Atlantic.

However, recent events in the upper echelons of the game suggest that it can be far from genteel.

No wonder that the small colony of British knights in Malta in the 16th century generally stood out, with minor exceptions, among their more genteel French, Italian and Iberian brothers.

Britain is currently undergoing a very genteel pre-apocalypse.

But, we were happy wallowing in our genteel poverty because we accepted that there would always be poor people and we were lucky to not be so poor as to be homeless and hungry.

She shed what McCartney called “the genteel mannerisms” of the Boston school and “forged her own path.

The wine can be a bit too oaky, and perhaps lacks the graces of a more genteel wine.