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gentlemanly

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gen·tle·man  (jntl-mn)
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 (-mn) Used as a form of address for a group of men.
6. A manservant; a valet.

gentle·man·ly adj.
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Adj.1.gentlemanly - befitting a man of good breeding; "gentlemanly behavior"
refined - (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel; "she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship"; "refined people with refined taste"

gentlemanly
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Spanish gentlemanly [ˈdʒɛntlmənlɪ] adjcaballeroso
French gentlemanly [ˈdʒɛntlmənlɪ] adjbien élevé(e)
German gentlemanly [ˈdʒɛntlmənlɪ] gentleman adjzuvorkommend
Italian gentlemanly [ˈdʒɛntlmənlɪ] adjda gentiluomo

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We saw but one presentiment of the man-a quiet, patient, industrious and most gentlemanly person.
I could understand its not being considered gentlemanly to put your hands in other people's pockets (especially by the other people), but how, O ye sticklers for what looks this and what looks that, can putting his hands in his own pockets make a man less gentle?
If he could have saved his seven shillings, he would certainly have sent me to scramble for a place in the pit of the great university theater; but his purse was empty, and his son was not eligible therefore for admission, in a gentlemanly capacity, at the doors.
 
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