ungentlemanlike

Example Sentences

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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

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

Can I imagine myself admitting the necessity of guarding against such an ungentlemanlike form of attack?

From Hypolympia Or, The Gods in the Island, an Ironic Fantasy by Gosse, Edmund

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

"His relationship to Lady Eustace cannot justify ungentlemanlike impertinence to me," said Lord Fawn.

From The Eustace Diamonds by Trollope, Anthony