ungentlemanlike

Example Sentences

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It's a most ungentlemanlike thing for one gentleman to take upon himself to make inquiries about another.

From Mr. Scarborough's Family by Trollope, Anthony

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

From Checkmate by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan

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

This was highly improper and very ungentlemanlike on your part!

From The Woman in White by Collins, Wilkie

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