Meanings
comparative more ultragenteel · superlative most ultragenteel
- informalVery genteel.
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I am relieved that Effie and her fellow Scotswomen do not wear kilts (the mistake made by the majority of today’s “Sylphide” productions), but their empire-line dresses seem to have been purchased in Jane Austen’s Bath, suggesting that this Scottish farmstead houses many more ultragenteel young ladies than we can really credit.
2009 June 17, Alastair Macaulay, “When an Earthbound Lad Meets His Winged Sylph”, in New York Times
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ultragenteel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ultragenteel
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