Definition of Gentlemanlike

1. Adjective. Befitting a man of good breeding. "Gentlemanly behavior"

Exact synonyms: Gentlemanly
Similar to: Refined
Derivative terms: Gentleman

Definition of Gentlemanlike

1. a. Of, pertaining to, resembling, or becoming, a gentleman; well-behaved; courteous; polite.

Definition of Gentlemanlike

1. Adjective. Like a gentleman; courteous. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gentlemanlike

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gentlemanlike

gentleman
gentleman's-cane
gentleman's agreement
gentleman's bet
gentleman's gentleman
gentleman-at-arms
gentleman about town
gentleman cow
gentleman farmer
gentleman farmers
gentleman of leisure
gentleman scientist
gentlemanhood
gentlemanish
gentlemanlike
gentlemanliness
gentlemanly
gentlemanship
gentleman’s agreement
gentlemen
gentlemen's agreement
gentlemen's club
gentlemen and scholars
gentlemen farmers
gentlemen of leisure
gentleness
gentlenesses
gentlepeople
gentleperson

Literary usage of Gentlemanlike

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart by John Gibson Lockhart (1837)
"... and frittered away by official duties and chance occupations, that you have not leisure to play Master Stephen, and be melancholy and gentlemanlike. ..."

2. Manual of Political Ethics: Designed Chiefly for the Use of Colleges and by Francis Lieber, Theodore Dwight Woolsey (1876)
"Political Importance of gentlemanlike Tone.— Publishing private Letters.—Dangers of Newspaper Flippancy.—The Political Position of the Clergyman. ..."

3. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers, Thomas Thomson (1853)
"His papers are distinguished by an ease and gentlemanlike turn of expression, by a delicate and polished irony, by a strain of manly, honourable, ..."

4. The Journals of Washington Irving (hitherto Unpublished) by Washington Irving (1919)
"Called on Livius — read me a very conceited, un- gentlemanlike letter from Planche about "Frei- schiitz" — wrote letter to Miller in his behalf. ..."

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