ungentlemanlike

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But then there was that accursed system of petitioning, which according to his idea was un-English, ungentlemanlike, and unpatriotic—"A stand-up fight, and if you're licked—take it."

From Ralph the Heir by Trollope, Anthony

He could have written probably eloquently and seriously enough, but to "speak like a book" would have lowered him, in his own esteem, as being unmanly no less than ungentlemanlike.

From M. or N. "Similia similibus curantur." by Whyte-Melville, G.J.

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

From Mansfield Park by Austen, Jane

The kind of vice of which George had been undoubtedly guilty was very distasteful to Sir Harry; it had been ignoble and ungentlemanlike vice.

From Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite by Trollope, Anthony

It is said, perhaps untruly, that his remonstrance to the Prince against his remaining here has been ungentlemanlike and indecent.

From Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823 by Graham, Maria