ungentlemanlike

Example Sentences

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He is doing what he ought not to do, I must say that;—quite what I call ungentlemanlike.

From Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite by Trollope, Anthony

He could have written probably eloquently and seriously enough, but to "speak like a book" would have lowered him, in his own esteem, as being unmanly no less than ungentlemanlike.

From M. or N. "Similia similibus curantur." by Whyte-Melville, G.J.

I always understood that there could be nothing ungentlemanlike, in the way of business, in taking advantage of the flaw in a lease.'

From The Parent's Assistant Stories for Children by Edgeworth, Maria

It is said, perhaps untruly, that his remonstrance to the Prince against his remaining here has been ungentlemanlike and indecent.

From Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823 by Graham, Maria

Then and there seemed likely to occur what the newspapers term an ungentlemanlike fracas.

From Checkmate by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan