gentlewomanly

No, the gentlemanly/gentlewomanly contract of civility and respect has been broken.

Stop the whining about “it can’t be repealed” 2010

I have not been terribly interested in the Post/Baldridge/ et al. cyclopedia approaches how to set the table and arrange your guests ,and which forks and spoons to use when and how, which glasses for the reds, whites, burgundies, etc., is pretty ubiquitously available, in as little or much detail as one might desire but rather in deeper treatments of the underlying elements of gentlemanly and gentlewomanly character and conduct.

The New Beginning papabear 2008

I have not been terribly interested in the Post/Baldridge/ et al. cyclopedia approaches how to set the table and arrange your guests ,and which forks and spoons to use when and how, which glasses for the reds, whites, burgundies, etc., is pretty ubiquitously available, in as little or much detail as one might desire but rather in deeper treatments of the underlying elements of gentlemanly and gentlewomanly character and conduct.

Archive 2008-09-07 papabear 2008

Because of her erect carriage, her gentlewomanly manners, her cultivated tastes, and the way she articulated her words, people were sure that Ida was “a lady” and invited her to their teas.

Portrait of An Artist Laurie Lisle 1986

Perhaps it may even be discovered, to the still further detriment of our already painfully hampered and perplexed domestic system, that the pursuit of fun, votes, offices, is more remunerative, as well as gentlewomanly -- as

Debate on Woman Suffrage in the Senate of the United States, 2d Session, 49th Congress, December 8, 1886, and January 25, 1887 Various

Pam, "she added dispassionately," because you're so gentlewomanly.

Dangerous Ages Rose Macaulay 1919

And, as he looked on her in her slender elegance of form and gentlewomanly loveliness of face, a loveliness intelligent and refined beyond that of most women, he felt borne in on his consciousness the fact that here was one to be respected.

Within the Law 1913

And, as he looked on her in her slender elegance of form and gentlewomanly loveliness of face, a loveliness intelligent and refined beyond that of most women, he felt borne in on his consciousness the fact that here was one to be respected.

Within the Law Bayard Veiller 1906

It was almost as if they were members of an ancient family under some curse -- they were so gentlewomanly, so proper, and they sighed so.

The Good Soldier Ford Madox Ford 1906

On the contrary, Mrs. Johnson said she never to her dying day should forget how, when she went to condole with her, the old lady came forward, with gentlewomanly self-control, and kissed her, and thanked

Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes Charles Madison Curry 1906