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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.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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
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 [ˈdʒentlmənlɪ] ADJcaballeroso
gentlemanly [ˈdʒɛntəlmənli] adj [person] → bien élevé(e); [behaviour] → courtois(e)
gentleman's agreement ngentleman's agreement m
gentlemanly
adj man, manner, behaviourritterlich, gentlemanlike pred; of gentlemanly appearancevornehm aussehend; in an orderly and gentlemanly wayordentlich und wie Gentlemen/ein Gentleman; in a gentlemanly mannerin der Art von Gentlemen/eines Gentlemans; that is hardly gentlemanly conductdieses Verhalten gehört sich nicht für einen Gentleman
gentlemanly [ˈdʒɛntlmənlɪ] adjda gentiluomo
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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