gentlemanly
Example Sentences
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For decades, New York’s white-shoe law firms were shaped by a gentlemanly code in which poaching was unheard of and partner pay largely fell in line with seniority.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
Along one wall, a 19th-century trompe l’oeil screen dramatizes the classical gentlemanly taste that dominated among Neo-Confucian elites.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
He’s also among the last of a dying breed: a two-way center who stood out on both ends of the ice, but was also gentlemanly enough to win the Lady Byng trophy three times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2026
Dwane Walcott’s “Mitch,” as he is known to friends, has a diffidence that in Blanche’s eyes makes him seem almost gentlemanly among Stanley’s boorish friends.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2025
So Dad made Brian give Ginger the comic book, telling him it was the gentlemanly thing to do.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
