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Recent Examples of gentlemanly
Self-effacing, gentlemanly and energetically friendly, Lovell was an astronaut, a member of a very exclusive club.
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Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
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
That hamstring strain kept him out of the playoffs and eventually led to the downfall of the Warriors, who were eliminated in five games by the Minnesota Timberwolves in a gentlemanly sweep.
—Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
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Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
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
That hamstring strain kept him out of the playoffs and eventually led to the downfall of the Warriors, who were eliminated in five games by the Minnesota Timberwolves in a gentlemanly sweep.
—Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gentlemanly
Adjective
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There are those drunken, manly ones who want to get it.—
David Searcy,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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Being a Harvard grad, he’s never been mistaken for a particularly manly man.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
17 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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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
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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
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Brands like War Paint and Stryx argue that men need products designed for their thicker, oilier skin, and packaged in masculine, tool-like containers that feel at home in a gym bag.—
Luke Fountain,
CNBC,
10 Jan. 2026
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The suit – sharp, oversized, unapologetically masculine – changed all that.—
Marianna Cerini,
CNN Money,
10 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Utilizing a far more civilized system, the host at the stand in front of the restaurant gives diners an oddly accurate time to return.—
Joel Stein,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Jan. 2026
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Here was a foolish and incompetent tribune of the nation’s racist vulgarians, opposed by the prosperous and the well educated, the civilized and the tolerant.—
Rosa Lyster,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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DiCaprio is up for best performance by a male actor in a motion picture, while Infiniti is up for best performance by a female actor.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
12 Jan. 2026
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On TikTok and Instagram, male creators post step-by-step makeup routines, product breakdowns and before-and-after results that often emphasize subtle changes rather than dramatic looks.—
Luke Fountain,
CNBC,
10 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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This single feast, emblematic of Fes’s cuisine, carries the taste of the courtly table of the Abbasid Caliphate in Baghdad, the flavors served at the Alhambra in Islamic Andalucia, a blend of West African spices, and Amazigh know-how.—
Megan Spurrell,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 Dec. 2025
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Karl August’s strategy for resisting the forward movement of history was to dust off the courtly practices of the ancien régime.—
Merve Emre,
New Yorker,
1 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Sleek, sculptural, and designed to hug the foot in a barely-there manner, these ladylike silhouettes are perfect peeking out from beneath a maxi dress or grounding sharp tailoring.—
Minty Mellon,
Vogue,
16 Dec. 2025
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In October, Sarah Jessica Parker accessorized her ladylike jumpsuit with a black bucket bag on a night out.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
19 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Christ pulls him out of a tiny hole, like a gallant medieval knight rescuing a maiden in distress.—
Mary Dzon,
The Conversation,
12 Dec. 2025
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And yet, welcoming that idea can shock the system because our popular conception of the American Revolution is so often encased in bloodless, gallant myth.—
Sarah Botstein,
The Atlantic,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Gentlemanly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gentlemanly. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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