statesmanlike

adjective

states·​man·​like

: marked by the qualities (such as wisdom, breadth of view, or diplomacy) of a statesman : befitting a statesman

a man of statesmanlike judgment

—Marjory S. Douglas

a statesmanlike solution of the present perplexities

—V. L. Parrington

Word History

First Known Use

1687, in the meaning defined above

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