ungentlemanlike

Example Sentences

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Your statements would evidently imply that Colonel Newcome has been guilty of ungentlemanlike conduct, and of cowardice towards you.

From The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family by Thackeray, William Makepeace

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

To one of the bets I offered, he said, 'Done;' and, though I felt a reluctance to win his money, it seemed ungentlemanlike to refuse.

From The Adventures of Hugh Trevor by Holcroft, Thomas

Anything which differs from this they are apt to regard as "ungentlemanlike or unladylike," and shun accordingly.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873 by Various

But then there was that accursed system of petitioning, which according to his idea was un-English, ungentlemanlike, and unpatriotic—"A stand-up fight, and if you're licked—take it."

From Ralph the Heir by Trollope, Anthony