ungentlemanlike

Example Sentences

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This was highly improper and very ungentlemanlike on your part!

From The Woman in White by Collins, Wilkie

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

From Mansfield Park by Austen, Jane

He had never stolen, and it did seem low and ungentlemanlike to steal, but this was more like finding some buried treasure, something cast up from the ocean’s bed.

From Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel by Hentz, Caroline Lee

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

"There can be no doubt that it is very ungentlemanlike," said Mr. Chamberlaine.

From The Vicar of Bullhampton by Trollope, Anthony