gentlemanlike
Example Sentences
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He brings to mind one of those rough-spoken tycoon hosts trying to come across as gentlemanlike on “Dragons’ Den.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 16, 2016
The "intelligent, gentlemanlike" practitioner is a kind of therapist, whose business is humouring his clucking patients.
From The Guardian ● May 18, 2012
Bob Tisch, chairman of Loews Hotels, which owns the Regency, and a habitual breakfaster, says, "The transactions are very gentlemanlike, but there is big money negotiated here."
From Time Magazine Archive
“I know them a little. Their brother is a pleasant gentlemanlike man—he is a great friend of Darcy’s.”
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
I said, casually sliding a stick of gum out of the pack and offering it to Faith, real gentlemanlike.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
