gentlemanlike

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for gentlemanlike
Adjective
  • The grandaddy of green fragrances, Polo’s original eau de toilette has been a gentlemanly staple since it was introduced in 1978.
    Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 3 July 2025
  • The movie ends with Ani and one of the enforcers, the gentlemanly Igor (Yura Borisov), sharing an embrace, although their future together seems achingly tenuous.
    Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 21 June 2025
Adjective
  • And both the book and the film offered historically nonsensical versions of the Klan as an honorable and chivalrous group fighting for social justice and the virtue of white womanhood.
    Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Xavier is both when first introduced, but the slacker pothead lives long enough to reveal his chivalrous side.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 30 June 2025
Adjective
  • But what civilized nation, confronted with hungry children, would not move to relieve that suffering?
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2025
  • The idea that a civilized nation must set aside a weapon that might help to end a war, especially against a fanatical enemy that shows few signs of moving toward a normal sort of surrender, is one that most Americans fighting World War II would have understandably rejected.
    Ross Douthat, Mercury News, 31 July 2025
Adjective
  • In 1951, George Reeves played the gallant superhero in the first feature film based on a DC Comics character, Superman and the Mole Man.
    Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 11 July 2025
  • Fiennes exhibits that side of him without apology, which only makes his gallant side feel all the more genuine.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 12 June 2025
Adjective
  • In France, a courtlier breed of tooth pullers began to cater to the affluent in the late seventeenth century.
    Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
  • Tea kettles, rolling pins, tableware, even shower curtains are all adorned in their ubiquitous courtly check, adding a dose of whimsy to any corner of your home.
    Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 8 July 2025
Adjective
  • Bridal whites are a relatively new addition to Selena Gomez’s style lexicon; but Gomez has long been crafting a ladylike, refined, elegant aesthetic.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 10 Aug. 2025
  • Dakota opted for an oversized white silk shirt worn open and over a silk v-neck top, with flowing black pants and a ladylike boxy handbag.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 16 July 2025
Adjective
  • Navigating this revolution responsibly requires careful policy, support for adaptation and a focus on using technology to benefit people.
    Vaibhav Dani, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • As temperatures eclipsed 95 degrees in Kansas City, the Royals took careful precautions to contend with the heat advisory.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 17 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Even the Trump administration – which was far more solicitous of Riyadh than the current White House – had little political appetite for deepening the United States’ controversial involvement in the war and was keenly conscious of the coalition’s battlefield limitations.
    Michael Wahid Hanna, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2021
  • That leaves Britain subject to the same blanket tariffs as a host of countries that have not been as solicitous toward Washington.
    Eshe Nelson, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
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“Gentlemanlike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gentlemanlike. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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