Definition of gentlemanly
: characteristic of or having the character of a gentleman
gentlemanliness
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Oakeshott’s quaint, gentlemanly Toryism is just one form of conservatism, of course.
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Unlike Helen Chenoweth or Dan Burton, Henry Hyde has maintained a gentlemanly silence about this.
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First Known Use of gentlemanly
15th century
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