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gentlemanlike

adj

Etymology

From gentleman + -like.

  1. inherited from gentilman
  2. suffixed as gentlemanlike — “gentleman + like”

Definitions

  1. Like a gentleman

    Like a gentleman; courteous.

    • He bowed to me, he madamed me, he was throughout as gentlemanlike and respectful as I had ever found him when we met at Old Harbour House or in Old Harbour Town.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA