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Antonyms for gentlemanlike

Grammar : Adj
Spell : jen-tl-muh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒɛn tl mən

Definition of gentlemanlike

Origin :
  • "well-born man," early 13c., from gentle + man.
  • The Gentleman is always truthful and sincere; will not agree for the sake of complaisance or out of weakness ; will not pass over that of which he disapproves. He has a clear soul, and a fearless, straightforward tongue. On the other hand he is not blunt and rude. His truth is courteous; his courtesy, truthful; never a humbug, yet, where he truthfully can, he prefers to say pleasant things. [J.R. Vernon, "Contemporary Review," 1869]
  • Related: Gentlemen. Gentleman's agreement is first attested 1929. Gentleman farmer recorded from 1749.
  • As in gentlemanly : adj cultivated
  • As in chivalrous : adj valiant
Example sentences :
  • "You haven't told me why you like this gentlemanlike boor," he persisted.
  • Extract from : « Peak and Prairie » by Anna Fuller
  • Snooks does not any more think it gentlemanlike to blackball attorneys.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Snobs » by William Makepeace Thackeray
  • Is he not a devilish good-looking, gentlemanlike sort of fellow?
  • Extract from : « Rookwood » by William Harrison Ainsworth
  • He was not only a very good-looking, but a gentlemanlike boy in his manners.
  • Extract from : « The Poacher » by Frederick Marryat
  • There he is at Broadstone, as gentlemanlike a youth as I would wish to see.
  • Extract from : « The Heir of Redclyffe » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • He was a man with prejudices,—kindly, gentlemanlike, amiable prejudices.
  • Extract from : « Ralph the Heir » by Anthony Trollope
  • I disposed of them in as gentlemanlike a manner as possible.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Butterfly » by Walter Besant
  • This day, my fellow prentices of London come to dine with me too, they shall have fine cheer, gentlemanlike cheer.
  • Extract from : « The Mermaid Series. Edited by H. Ellis. The best plays of the old dramatists. Thomas Dekker. Edited, with an introduction and notes by Ernest Rhys. » by Thomas Dekker
  • Colchicum says he has had him to dine, and thinks him a gentlemanlike lad.
  • Extract from : « The History of Pendennis » by William Makepeace Thackeray
  • The gallery was packed, and the gods, for gods, were gentlemanlike.
  • Extract from : « Romantic Spain » by John Augustus O'Shea

Synonyms for gentlemanlike

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