gentlemanlike

Example Sentences

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He brings to mind one of those rough-spoken tycoon hosts trying to come across as gentlemanlike on “Dragons’ Den.”

From New York Times • Aug. 16, 2016

The "intelligent, gentlemanlike" practitioner is a kind of therapist, whose business is humouring his clucking patients.

From The Guardian • May 18, 2012

Bob Tisch, chairman of Loews Hotels, which owns the Regency, and a habitual breakfaster, says, "The transactions are very gentlemanlike, but there is big money negotiated here."

From Time Magazine Archive

“I know them a little. Their brother is a pleasant gentlemanlike man—he is a great friend of Darcy’s.”

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen

I said, casually sliding a stick of gum out of the pack and offering it to Faith, real gentlemanlike.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx