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- noun
Ungallant behaviour.
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Examples
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You admired the Saxons and Danes in their veneration of the predictions of old women, whom the after ungallantry of
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1843 Various
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Which reminds me that I have been guilty of an act of ungallantry, -- and faith! while you and I have been chatting, the lady, with
Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes James Branch Cabell 1918
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He is a very masculine person, except for this one feminine quality, for, if I may say it without ungallantry, there is a legend that no woman has ever understood the tariff.
The Gentleman from Indiana Booth Tarkington 1907
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I thought it wise to leave any encounter with the lady to chance, and as the by-paths of the country-side were many and intricate, I intended, without ungallantry, to render the chance remote.
The Guest of Quesnay Booth Tarkington 1907
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Nowhere out of canny Scotland does his ungallantry debar him from the human ranks.
Ballad Book Katherine Lee Bates 1894
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Surely you do not find me guilty of such ungallantry?
Vendetta: a story of one forgotten Marie Corelli 1889
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"That's just the lazy shiftlessness of your folks," responded Ezekiel with prompt ungallantry.
The Argonauts of North Liberty Bret Harte 1869
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I am sorry to have to confess to so much ungallantry; but the only effort which I made, in common with the others, was to avoid her -- she was so hopelessly dense.
A Boy's Voyage Round the World Samuel Smiles 1858
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I have been laying the sin of ungallantry upon you for the last three days. "
Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems Effie Afton 1858
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