Antonyms for gentlemanly

Grammar : Adj

Spell : jen-tl-muh n-lee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒɛn tl mən li

Definition of gentlemanly

Origin : mid-15c., from gentleman + -ly (1).

adj cultivated

Example sentences :

Vavasor was a gentlemanly fellow, and that went a long way with him.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

And she was "gentlemanly" enough never once to have said: "I told you so!"
Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit

He was good-natured, plucky in a hard-headed British way, and gentlemanly.
Extract from : « The Slave Of The Lamp » by Henry Seton Merriman

He had not the "gentlemanly vices" of his brother, and was all the better for it.
Extract from : « Memoirs Of The Court Of Marie Antoinette, Queen Of France, Complete » by Madame Campan

The reception accorded this most gentlemanly epistle was peculiar.
Extract from : « The Depot Master » by Joseph C. Lincoln

The Camps, Smug, the gentlemanly agent, all had disappeared from off Midway.
Extract from : « Against Odds » by Lawrence L. Lynch

What other men she knew I cannot tell but I assume they must have been gentlemanly creatures.
Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad

It was no time for gentlemanly reproof, so I turned round and felled him like an ox.
Extract from : « The Secret Sharer » by Joseph Conrad

I don't consider it gentlemanly to tell everything I know about a man.
Extract from : « Harper's Young People, September 14, 1880 » by Various

So the boy scout of to-day must be chivalrous, manly, and gentlemanly.
Extract from : « Boy Scouts Handbook » by Boy Scouts of America

Synonyms for gentlemanly

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