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shabby-genteel

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.55 in modern English

Syllables
shab-by--gen-teel
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Keeping up or affecting an appearance of gentility, though actually shabby.

Inflected Forms

more shabby-genteel (comparative) most shabby-genteel (superlative)

Questions

What does shabby-genteel mean?
Keeping up or affecting an appearance of gentility, though actually shabby.

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