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comparative gentlemanlier, superlative gentlemanliest
Of, being, pertaining to, or resembling a gentleman or gentlemen. quotations examples
Some schools bump up everyone’s grades, some just allow for more As and others all but eliminate the once-gentlemanly C.
2010 June 22, Catherine Rampell, “In Law Schools, Grades Go Up, Just Like That”, in The New York Times, page A1
The stationmaster was an important part of the local community. Anyon Kay, in his reminiscences of Horwich in the early 20th century, remembers a Mr Horsfield as stationmaster - "a gentlemanly character who took his job very seriously".
2023 March 8, Paul Salveson, “Fond farewells to two final trains...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 54
comparative more gentlemanly, superlative most gentlemanly
In the manner or with the behavior of a gentleman; with social grace, politely. quotations examples
He went gentlemanly dressed in East Virginia style, wore a high-top silk hat, as had lawyer Park, and sported a gold headed walking cane.
1938, Charles A. Johnson, A Narrative History of Wise County, Virginia, page 165