ungentlemanlike

Example Sentences

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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

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

Now ain't it hard that she won't trust me with a single tea-spoon—ain't it ungentlemanlike, Altamont?

From The History of Pendennis, Volume 2 His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy by Thackeray, William Makepeace

He stopt; and, ungentlemanlike as he looked, Fanny was obliged to introduce him to Mr. Crawford.

From Mansfield Park by Austen, Jane

For ungentlemanlike conduct in his letter to Gen. Wooster, of the 25th of January last, charging your petitioner with a falsehood, and in a private manner, which is justly chargeable on himself.

From Colonel John Brown, of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, the Brave Accuser of Benedict Arnold by Howe, Archibald Murray