The English lived genteelly in India. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
But you know, the bottom line is -- how do I say this genteelly?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 11, 2008] Reference
At first, he seemed to be genteelly changing the topic of conversation. From Wordnik.com. [Shaman's Crossing]
We should like to discuss with him, genteelly, the terms of his ransom. From Wordnik.com. [Ship Of Destiny]
Red Liz was flapping her long ears an 'coming along very genteelly in the rear. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, June 18, 1919] Reference
For instance, do you use yourself to carve, eat and drink genteelly, and with ease?. From Wordnik.com. [Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman] Reference
He was that rare thing, a gentleman, although genteelly rumpled and genially grumpy. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Winship: Where's Ed Newman When You Need Him?] Reference
As I rang the door-bell, a genteelly dressed lady in black satin met me at the door. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference
I also seriously coveted the genteelly tattered English rugs gracing Dorian's mansion. From Wordnik.com. [Erica Abeel: TIFF's Guilty Pleasures] Reference
He was that rare thing, a gentleman, although "genteelly rumpled and genially grumpy.". From Wordnik.com. [Michael Winship: Where's Ed Newman When You Need Him?] Reference
Fred was a good looking young man, genteelly dressed, but with a dissipated, rakish air. From Wordnik.com. [City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston] Reference
I wished Joe had been rather more genteelly brought up, and then I should have been so too. From Wordnik.com. [Great Expectations] Reference
Her genteelly modulated voice was that of a well-bred young lady welcoming him to her home. From Wordnik.com. [The Mad Ship]
Her voice was so genteelly modulated, her accent so pure, that no one could have doubted her. From Wordnik.com. [The Mad Ship]
"I don't know; she came in the hack and is genteelly dressed, and I think came from the boat.". From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference
There We stopd, and were most cordially and genteelly entertained with Punch, Wine, and Coffee. From Wordnik.com. [John Adams diary 21, 15 August - 3 September 1774] Reference
Mr. Micawber, genteelly adjusting his chin in his cravat, presently proceeded with his composition. From Wordnik.com. [David Copperfield] Reference
Gettys was a rough and primitive place for a genteelly raised woman to give birth to her first child. From Wordnik.com. [Renegade's Magic]
Were very genteelly entertained, and spent the whole Afternoon in Politicks, the Depths of Politicks. From Wordnik.com. [John Adams diary 21, 15 August - 3 September 1774] Reference
I sipped genteelly, then handed the bottle back, noting in a rather detached manner that it was more than half empty. From Wordnik.com. [Dragonfly in Amber]
One of them informed me that a genteelly dressed man had hastily come up to him, and tapping him on the shoulder, had said. From Wordnik.com. [The Pearl Box Containing One Hundred Beautiful Stories for Young People, by a Pastor] Reference
I was very genteelly supported: I stood in high credit with my country-men, to whom I had many ways of being service — able. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Charles Grandison] Reference
In the same place with himself and another man mere was a woman very genteelly dressed, who had been committed for shoplifting. From Wordnik.com. [Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences] Reference
Even the ladies hardly did more than genteelly toss a falcon into the air and permit their falconers to retrieve bird and quarry!. From Wordnik.com. [Ill Met By Moonlight]
‘I have discovered my friend Copperfield,’ said Mr. Micawber genteelly, and without addressing himself particularly to anyone. From Wordnik.com. [David Copperfield] Reference
He was that rare thing, a gentleman, although "genteelly rumpled and genially grumpy" as his New York Times obituary described him. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Winship: Where's Ed Newman When You Need Him?] Reference
Having been brought up genteelly, she declines the mode of conveyance provided for her journey to Tyburn with the utmost volubility. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 21, 1841] Reference
Europe who knew how to rob more genteelly, to bubble a stranger, to bribe a jockey, to doctor a horse, or to arrange a betting-book. From Wordnik.com. [The Memoires of Barry Lyndon] Reference
Will sail in twelve or fifteen days: such as may be desirous of taking passage in said ship may depend on being genteelly accommodated. From Wordnik.com. [A Portrait of Old George Town] Reference
It sometimes happened that a man left his house, swept clean and genteelly furnished, for the devil to take possession of it for a whole month. From Wordnik.com. [The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales] Reference
By a cheerful acquiescence in the suggestions that are daily made to you, you may accumulate old masters as impersonally, as genteelly, let me say, as you do railway bonds. From Wordnik.com. [The Collectors] Reference
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