statesmanlike

I understand that he was probably in shock but that moment became instantly iconic and it was anything but calm and statesmanlike.

True to form, he is aggrieved and defiant, rather than diplomatic or statesmanlike.

“That’s a very statesmanlike response, and a reason to kindle hope, if he hadn’t said it directly into a scoop of mint chip.”

And for all the statesmanlike demeanour, Hodgson was not afraid to ditch the avuncular image and become emotional when riled, as the evidence of some spiky interviews proves.

But in the face of Western media accounts that have depicted the Russian president as paranoid and isolated, he made an effort to appear statesmanlike and well informed.