ungentlemanlike

Example Sentences

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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

The kind of vice of which George had been undoubtedly guilty was very distasteful to Sir Harry; it had been ignoble and ungentlemanlike vice.

From Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite by Trollope, Anthony

People who are distant are seldom considered ungentlemanlike, although they may be considered unpleasant in their manners.

From The Poacher Joseph Rushbrook by Marryat, Frederick

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

From Checkmate by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan

He had never stolen, and it did seem low and ungentlemanlike to steal, but this was more like finding some buried treasure, something cast up from the ocean’s bed.

From Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel by Hentz, Caroline Lee