ungentlemanlike

Example Sentences

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A higher cultivation repudiated all these things; and even they who, so to say, "liked their wine" too well, were slow to disparage themselves by an indulgence which good taste declared to be ungentlemanlike.

From Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General by Lever, Charles James

He is doing what he ought not to do, I must say that;—quite what I call ungentlemanlike.

From Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite by Trollope, Anthony

His conduct was most offensive, and most—most ungentlemanlike.

From The Eustace Diamonds by Trollope, Anthony

But fashionable classes are fair game, if not shot at sitting; or poached, or snared, or bagged, in any ungentlemanlike, unsportsmanlike fashion.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843 by Various

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