gentlemanly

Example Sentences

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Along one wall, a 19th-century trompe l’oeil screen dramatizes the classical gentlemanly taste that dominated among Neo-Confucian elites.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

Dwane Walcott’s “Mitch,” as he is known to friends, has a diffidence that in Blanche’s eyes makes him seem almost gentlemanly among Stanley’s boorish friends.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2025

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

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