gentlemanly
adjective
gen·tle·man·ly
ˈjen-tᵊl-mən-lē 
ˈje-nᵊl-
: characteristic of or having the character of a gentleman
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This thought is part of what made Suzuki’s and Caufield’s joint NHL awards announcement Monday so special — with Suzuki winning the Selke Trophy as the league’s best defensive forward in a landslide and Caufield claiming the Lady Byng Trophy for most gentlemanly player.
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Arpon Basu, New York Times, 5 June 2026
Pictured below moments after his red carpet appearance with Baptista, Cassel offers the gentlemanly arm to accompany the reigning queen of French cinema and his fellow cast member in Histoires Parallèles, Catherine Deneueve, to her seat.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
As the sun set on the gentlemanly era of relationship banking, Wall Street needed to recruit huge numbers of the most talented—not just well-bred or best-connected—bankers to keep up.
—Literary Hub, 15 May 2026
In addition to his two-way excellence, Kopitar has won multiple Lady Byng trophies as the league’s most gentlemanly player.
—Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 8 Apr. 2026
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Arpon Basu, New York Times, 5 June 2026
Pictured below moments after his red carpet appearance with Baptista, Cassel offers the gentlemanly arm to accompany the reigning queen of French cinema and his fellow cast member in Histoires Parallèles, Catherine Deneueve, to her seat.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
As the sun set on the gentlemanly era of relationship banking, Wall Street needed to recruit huge numbers of the most talented—not just well-bred or best-connected—bankers to keep up.
—Literary Hub, 15 May 2026
In addition to his two-way excellence, Kopitar has won multiple Lady Byng trophies as the league’s most gentlemanly player.
—Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 8 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for gentlemanly
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“Gentlemanly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gentlemanly. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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