gentlemanly
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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.
gen′tle·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" |
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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]
"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
herrasmiesmäisesti
úri
kurteis; drengilegur
vyberaný
beyefendice
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gentlemanly
[ˈdʒɛntəlmənli] adj [person] → bien élevé(e); [behaviour] → courtois(e)gentleman's agreement n → gentleman's agreement mCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
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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gentleman
(ˈdʒentlmən) – plural ˈgentlemen – noun (abbreviation gent).
1. a polite word for a man. Two gentlemen arrived this morning.
2. a polite, well-mannered man. He's a real gentleman.
ˈgentlemanly adjective (of men) polite; well-mannered. gentlemanly behaviour.
gents noun (usually with the) a public toilet for men. Where's the nearest gents?
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