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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] Translations gentlemanly [ˈdʒɛntəlmənli] adj [person] → bien élevé(e); [behaviour] → courtois(e) gentleman's agreement n → gentleman's agreement m 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 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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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