gentlemanlike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.20 in modern English

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"He bowed to me, he madamed me, he was throughout as gentlemanlike and respectful as I had ever found him when we met at Old Harbour House or in Old Harbour Town."

Etymology tree English gentleman Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English gentlemanlike From gentleman + -like.

more gentlemanlike (comparative) most gentlemanlike (superlative) gentleman-like (alternative)

gentlemanlikely gentlemanlikeness ungentlemanlike

gentlemanly

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What does gentlemanlike mean?

Like a gentleman; courteous.

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