Splintered Light, Chapter 5.4: Point of View
It was a very proper, very genteel ilysean way of showing thanks and respect and hardly something the translator would have expected.
I Saw Her Standing There
I said in my most genteel tone. she had seen me approach, and guessed at what i might be intending, but this surprised her. "wh-what?" "i was asking if i could dance with you. may i?"
A Purchase of Scents
The well-to-do puma gentleman addressed her with the same sort of posh talk that she expected: grandiose, genteel, and fairly objectifying. fairly typical of the upper-class, seeing the role rather than the person, but business was business.
Jump
And she lets her arms spread away in a flourish of a bow, a genteel curtsy to no one but the moon, and those arms become stars, they become stars of brightest white because what better color could a star ever hope to be? stars to wrap around the moon.
Thunderstruck
To hydee, this was the most gallant and genteel she'd ever seen the gruff, unkempt, and immature mechanic, and she loved it a lot. "hydee, well, i can't believe i'm telling you all this, but..." he looked deeply into her eyes.
An Agent's Work
But now the proud, noble dragoness isn't in her crime-fighting uniform of a genteel breastplate and armored skirts. she's buck naked - and those starbursts seem to have changed shape slightly.
Meant to Be, Ch 2
He knew all the right things to say, and he was so genteel." cory shrugged, "i don't know... i guess---" cory put a hand to his face, wiping away the dampness from his eyes, "never mind...
Splintered Light, Ch 1.2: After the Sun Sets
It might not have been the most genteel or courteous way to part ways with his brother and his brother's 'significant female friend' but he suddenly found himself with a few questions of his own.
The Missing Guidebook
The whole thing was very odd - his father seemed like such a kind, genteel sort of fellow, who never had a bad thing to say about anyone, even with the strange things he seemed to know about
How Low Can You Go?
The conversation became even less than genteel than before. edward glared at the cardinal. "i think that after all this time, all you really wanted was this ring for yourself. you didn't care about this papal bullshit.
Under the Mistletoe
Either way, he imagined that barnaby was much more relaxed when under the employment of his great uncle, who was a far more genteel and quiet soul, but he still wondered now and then how barnaby came into the profession in the first place.
Dragonheart Part 22
Inside the building, from inside the house resembled a genteel: expensive paintings and tapestries hanging everywhere, bird sculpture standing by the door bows and guards were everywhere, ready to kill any thief immediately.