gentlemanly

Example Sentences

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Giving putts is part of playing in a gentlemanly manner.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

But the full weight of the law was not needed as what was described as a "gentlemanly exchange" took place.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2025

John Simon fit the acerbic bill so well that he even appeared on an episode of “The Odd Couple,” along with the more gentlemanly example of Los Angeles Times theater critic Daniel Sullivan.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2024

By the 1700s, when shaving once again became de rigeur and it was considered respectable and gentlemanly to shave, the phrase “clean-shaven” took hold.

From National Geographic • Nov. 7, 2023

I pulled up in front of her block of flats in Hillbrow, stopped the car, and sat for a moment as I tried to figure out the polite and gentlemanly way to end the evening.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah