gentlemanly

gen·tle·man

 (jĕn′tl-mən)

n.

1. A man of gentle or noble birth or superior social position: "He's too much a gentleman to be a scholar" (Aphra Behn).

2. A well-mannered and considerate man with high standards of proper behavior. See Usage Note at lady.

3. A man of independent means who does not need to have a wage-paying job.

4. A man: Do you know this gentleman?

5. gentlemen (-mən) Used as a form of address for a group of men.

6. A manservant; a valet.

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gen′tle·man·ly adj.

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Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

gentlemanly - befitting a man of good breeding; "gentlemanly behavior" gentlemanlike refined - (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel; "she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship"; "refined people with refined taste"

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gentlemanly

adjective chivalrous, mannerly, obliging, refined, polite, civil, cultivated, courteous, gallant, genteel, suave, well-bred, well-mannered He was respected for his kind and gentlemanly ways.

Quotations
"Anyone can be heroic from time to time, but a gentleman is something you have to be all the time" [Luigi Pirandello The Pleasure of Honesty]

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Translations

بِلَطافَه، بسلوك مُهَذَّب

vybranýzdvořilý

hvordan man opfører sigved

ehrenhaft

caballeroso

herrasmiesmäisesti

distingué

úri

kurteis; drengilegur

signorileda gentiluomo

vyberaný

beyefendice

彬彬有礼的

gentlemanly

[ˈdʒentlmənlɪ] ADJ → caballeroso

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gentlemanly

[ˈdʒɛnt^əlmənli] adj [person] → bien élevé(e); [behaviour] → courtois(e)gentleman's agreement n → gentleman's agreement m

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gentlemanly

adj man, manner, behaviour → ritterlich, gentlemanlike pred; of gentlemanly appearance → vornehm aussehend; in an orderly and gentlemanly way → ordentlich und wie Gentlemen/ein Gentleman; in a gentlemanly manner → in der Art von Gentlemen/eines Gentlemans; that is hardly gentlemanly conduct → dieses Verhalten gehört sich nicht für einen Gentleman

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gentlemanly

[ˈdʒɛntlmənlɪ] adj → da gentiluomo

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gentleman

(ˈdʒentlmən) – plural ˈgentlemen – noun

(abbreviation gent).

1. a polite word for a man. Two gentlemen arrived this morning. heer سَيِّد господин cavalheiro pán, muž der Herr gentleman κύριοςcaballero härra آقا mies monsieurאדון भद्रपुरुष, दयालु एवं विनम्र gospodin úr priayi herra; maður signore 男のかた 신사 ponas kungs lelaki heerherre, mannpan ښاغلى cavalheiro domn господин pán, muž gospod džentlmen herre สุภาพบุรุษ bey, beyefendi 紳士 пан کسی شخص کو مخاطب کرنے کا مہذبانہ انداز người đàn ông lịch sự 绅士

2. a polite, well-mannered man. He's a real gentleman. heer مُهَذَّب، رفيع التهذيب кавалер cavalheiro džentlmen der Gentleman gentleman ευγενής, κύριοςcaballero härrasmees آدم مودب و شریف herrasmies gentleman אדם מנומס कुलीन gospodin úriember pria baik-baik prúðmenni gentiluomo, gentleman 紳士 품위가 있는 사람 džentelmenas džentlmenis lelaki budiman heergentleman, mann av æredżentelmen مودبه سړی vcavalheiro gentleman джентльмен džentlmen kavalir gospodin gentleman สุภาพบุรุษ centilmen, beyefendi 彬彬有禮的人 джентльмен شریف آدمی người đàn ông hào hoa phong nhã 彬彬有礼的人

ˈgentlemanly adjective

(of men) polite; well-mannered. gentlemanly behaviour. fatsoenlike بِلَطافَه، بسلوك مُهَذَّب възпитан cavalheirescamente zdvořilý; vybraný ehrenhaft ved, hvordan man opfører sig ευγενικός, με καλούς τρόπους caballeroso; cortés, fino härrasmehelik آقا منشانه herrasmiesmäinen distinguéמנומס शिष्ट, भद्र uljudan úri sopan kurteis; drengilegur da gentiluomo 紳士らしい 신사다운 džentelmeniškas džentlmenisks seperti seorang lelaki budiman fatsoenlijkkultivert, dannet dżentelmeński ښاغلى cavalheirescamente distins джентльменский zdvorilý; vybraný kavalirsko gospodski gentlemannamässig, gentlemanna- สุภาพ beyefendice 彬彬有禮的 джентльменський شریفانہ lịch sự 彬彬有礼的

gents noun

(usually with the) a public toilet for men. Where's the nearest gents? mans badkamer مِرْحاض الرِّجال мъжка тоалетна banheiro público pánská toaleta die Herrentoilette herretoilet τουαλέτα ανδρών servicio de caballeros meeste tualettruum توالت عمومی مردانه miestenhuone toilettes שירותים לגברים पुरुषों के लिए सार्वजनिक शौचालय javni muški nužnik férfi WC WC pria karlaklósett gabinetto 男子用トイレ 남자용 화장실 vyrų tualetas vīriešu tualete secara sopan herentoiletherretoalett toaleta męska نرینه تشناب w.c. W.C./toa­letă pentru bărbaţi мужская уборная pánska toaleta moško stranišče muški toalet herrtoalett ห้องน้ำชาย erkekler tuvaleti 公共男廁 чоловіча вбиральня مردانہ طہارت خانہ nhà vệ sinh nam 公共男厕

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