GENTLEMANLINESS Synonyms: 77 Similar and Opposite Words

gentlemanliness

noun

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as in chivalry

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Recent Examples of gentlemanliness Their answer came in the form of Colby Donaldson, the Texan mama’s boy who performed rugged gentlemanliness. — Shaan Merchant, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2026

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Noun

Texts in the 15th century lamented the erosion of chivalry and knightly honor.

— Elizabeth Dray, STAT, 21 July 2026
The service honors the Order of the Thistle, which is Scotland’s highest and most ancient order of chivalry.

— Starr Bowenbank, InStyle, 17 July 2026

Definition of chivalry

Noun

In World Cup lore, however, his gallantry is doomed to be overshadowed by that of his fellow-goalkeeper from Cabo Verde, Vozinha, who had already produced an uncanny impersonation of a brick wall on the fourth day of the tournament.

— Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 17 July 2026
In all of these cases, the effect is largely the same—forging intimacy through some level of generosity or gallantry, coupled with pure, physical proximity—and in 2026, all of them are still technically possible.

— Sara Delgado, Vogue, 9 July 2026

Definition of gallantry

Noun

In Japan, this kind of attentiveness is understood through omotenashi.

— Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Aug. 2026
Even in novels centered on Millennial inaction or stasis, such as Pond, by Claire-Louise Bennett, a kind of attentiveness is necessary to advance beyond rhetorical water-treading.

— Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026

Definition of attentiveness

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