GENTLEMANLY Synonyms: 133 Similar and Opposite Words

gentlemanly

adjective

Definition of gentlemanly

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Recent Examples of gentlemanly 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 Rising above the intraband fray, Weir remained gentlemanly and affable. — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 17 Feb. 2026 The book’s title aside, its most buzzy plot point involves Benedict making a decidedly un-gentlemanly offer to Sophie that has sparked backlash among some not-so-gentle readers. — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 30 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for gentlemanly

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Adjective

Is there anything uniquely manly about being a good father?

— Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 19 June 2026
Another critic pointed out that Williams has been the victim of similar attacks calling her athletic build masculine or manly.

— Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026

Definition of manly

Adjective

In this illustration for a gossip column printed sometime in 1831-2, the writer George Sand is on the protective, even chivalrous arm of a man, but she’s also dressed in men’s clothes.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 June 2026
Kinetic strikes have transformed cross-border drug smuggling from a relatively chivalrous cat-and-mouse chess game into a gritty fight.

— Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 8 June 2026

Definition of chivalrous

Adjective

Available starting Wednesday, her inaugural scent settles somewhere between a hyper-feminine floral and an ultra-masculine musk, with notes of peach blossom, jasmine, velvety orris, pink peony and soft ambroxan.

— Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 9 July 2026
Salinger reveals Holden’s gentleness, itself a rejection of masculine norms of strength, through a determined honesty that is antithetical to the boasting in which his male peers repeatedly engage.

— Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026

Definition of masculine

Adjective

Her generation was one of thinkers, politically committed to defining how individuals were to be shaped as citizens of a civilized nation.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 July 2026
In Season 3, the team enters Dinopia, a civilized dinosaur world, to face threats endangering both worlds through friendship, courage, and teamwork.

— Kevin Giraud, Variety, 24 June 2026

Definition of civilized

Adjective

Elephant seals are polygamous and have harems, and the strongest male seals can breed with dozens, or up to 100, female seals.

— Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 11 July 2026
But that belief doesn’t appear to align with reality, as according to recent studies, women may receive significantly less in Social Security benefits than their male counterparts.

— Justin Klawans, TheWeek, 10 July 2026

Definition of male

Adjective

Three Swiss museums—the Ethnographic Museum at the University of Zurich, Museum Rietberg Zurich, and Musée d’Ethnographie de Genève—have collectively returned eighteen courtly and religious objects from the Republic of Benin (now Nigeria).

— News Desk, Artforum, 30 June 2026
His Buena Vista Social Club premiered at the Berlin Film Festival and the courtly gents from Havana beat out their electrifying rhythms.

— Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 2 June 2026

Definition of courtly

Adjective

In the 1940s, the Queen switched rings, and began wearing a ladylike large pearl, encircled with diamonds.

— Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 6 July 2026
While expecting her son Patrick Bouvier in 1963, Kennedy wore ladylike looks like double-breasted maternity coats and shift dresses.

— Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 29 June 2026

Definition of ladylike

Adjective

Clearly, Americans didn’t do gallant failure, instead demanding domination over mere participation every time.

— Terry Baddoo, USA Today, 14 June 2026
Commandment was very gallant in defeat for trainer Brad Cox and looks to be on the improve after his seventh-place finish in the Kentucky Derby.

— Danny Brewer, Forbes.com, 8 June 2026

Definition of gallant

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