Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
gentlemanly .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of, pertaining to, resembling, or becoming, a gentleman; befitting a man of good breeding; well-behaved; courteous; polite.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Like a
gentleman ;courteous .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective befitting a man of good breeding
Etymologies
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Examples
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I imagine him to be old, for Mr Hood is the acting partner — he seems about 40, and with what we call a gentlemanlike carriage; he seems naturally good-naturd, and perhaps would have told me more particulars if I had found heart enuff to ask them.
Letter 16 2009
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Had this happened to a French petit maitre, death must have ensued: but mark what followed — The Athenian, far from resenting the outrage, in what is now called a gentlemanlike manner, said, “Do, strike if you please; but hear me.”
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We are unable to conceive how the "gentlemanlike" can otherwise be maintained; and maintained in this way it is.
Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American Various
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I said that for the sake of those children and the one unborn, I should be loth to part from my husband; that I bore him no ill-will, but that unless he would undertake to be "gentlemanlike" in his conduct towards me, I must leave him.
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He won the gold medal awarded periodically “to the cadet who during his period of training exhibited the most gentlemanlike bearing and good influence among the cadets.”
Archive 2009-03-01 2009
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Of course, I knew that Mr. Vangenzen could be trusted to behave in a gentlemanlike manner, but learning that his feelings were firmly fixed upon another was a great comfort.
The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010
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I got a definite reply if not a very gentlemanlike one.
She Closed Her Eyes 2010
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Of course, I knew that Mr. Vangenzen could be trusted to behave in a gentlemanlike manner, but learning that his feelings were firmly fixed upon another was a great comfort.
The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010
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Of course, I knew that Mr. Vangenzen could be trusted to behave in a gentlemanlike manner, but learning that his feelings were firmly fixed upon another was a great comfort.
The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010
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The Tar Man wiped his hand on his sleeve and shook his head in disappointment, then stood aside, gentlemanlike, allowing Gideon to stand up.
THE TIME QUAKE Linda Buckley-Archer 2009
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