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GENTLEMANLY
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Befitting a man of good breeding
Example:
gentlemanly behavior
Synonyms:
gentlemanlike; gentlemanly
Classified under:
Similar:
refined ((used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel)
Derivation:
gentleman (a man of refinement)
Context examples:
Laurie's bashfulness soon wore off, for Jo's gentlemanly demeanor amused and set him at his ease, and Jo was her merry self again, because her dress was forgotten and nobody lifted their eyebrows at her.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Mr. Spenlow replied that he would particularly advise me to dismiss that idea from my mind, as not being worthy of my gentlemanly character; but that he would be glad to hear from me of what improvement I thought the Commons susceptible?
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
He looked like a young clergyman, in his white cravat, but he was very affable and good-humoured; and he showed me my place, and presented me to the masters, in a gentlemanly way that would have put me at my ease, if anything could.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
I saw right away he was a fine appearing, gentlemanly young man, and when he told me he was an Oggsford I knew I could use him good.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
