gentlemanly
/dʒˈɛntəlmənli/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.62 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of, being, pertaining to, or resembling a gentleman or gentlemen.
adv
In the manner or with the behavior of a gentleman; with social grace, politely.
Example Sentences
- "Best of all, he ought to imagine his fellow-gamblers and the rest of the mob which stands trembling over a coin to be equally rich and gentlemanly with himself, and playing solely for recreation and pleasure."
- "With an election to cover and the soccer season in full swing, the sudoku newspaper rivalry stayed relatively gentlemanly until this month, when some of the last sudoku holdouts, including The Independent and The Guardian, joined the fray."
- "Some schools bump up everyone’s grades, some just allow for more As and others all but eliminate the once-gentlemanly C."
- "The stationmaster was an important part of the local community. Anyon Kay, in his reminiscences of Horwich in the early 20th century, remembers a Mr Horsfield as stationmaster - "a gentlemanly character who took his job very seriously"."
- "He went gentlemanly dressed in East Virginia style, wore a high-top silk hat, as had lawyer Park, and sported a gold headed walking cane."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: gentilmanly
Inflected Forms
gentlemanlier (comparative)
gentlemanliest (superlative)
more gentlemanly (comparative)
most gentlemanly (superlative)