genteel vs matey

genteel

adj
  • Polite and well-mannered. 

  • Stylish or elegant. 

  • Aristocratic. 

  • Affectedly proper or refined; somewhat prudish refinement; excessively polite. 

matey

adj
  • Sociable or friendly. 

noun
  • A dockyard worker. 

  • A fellow sailor; often used affectedly, especially when portraying a pirate. 

How often have the words genteel and matey occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )