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I loved the gentlemanly way they treated each other. It was unlike anything I was used to. I started helping them strike the set and, at 11, began taking acting classes privately.
Jeffrey Tambor

Meaning of "gentlemanly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GENTLEMANLY

gentlemanly  [ˈdʒɛntəlmənlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GENTLEMANLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Gentlemanly is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES GENTLEMANLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

gentlemanly

Gentleman

In modern speech the term gentleman refers to any man of good, courteous conduct. It may also refer to all men collectively, as in indications of gender-separated facilities, or as a sign of the speaker's own courtesy when addressing others. In its original meaning, the term denoted a man of the lowest rank of the English gentry, standing below an esquire and above a yeoman. By definition, this category included the younger sons of the younger sons of peers and the younger sons of baronets, knights, and esquires in perpetual succession, and thus the term captures the common denominator of gentility shared by both constituents of the English aristocracy: the peerage and the gentry. In this sense, the word equates with the French gentilhomme, which latter term has been, in Great Britain, long confined to the peerage; Maurice Keen points to the category of "gentlemen" in this context as thus constituting "the nearest contemporary English equivalent of the noblesse of France".

Definition of gentlemanly in the English dictionary

The definition of gentlemanly in the dictionary is having or characterized by good manners.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GENTLEMANLY


certainly
ˈsɜːtənlɪ
churchmanly
ˈtʃɜːtʃmənlɪ
commonly
ˈkɒmənlɪ
craftsmanly
ˈkrɑːftsmənlɪ
gentlewomanly
ˈdʒɛntlˌwʊmənlɪ
humanly
ˈhjuːmənlɪ
inhumanly
ɪnˈhjuːmənlɪ
seamanly
ˈsiːmənlɪ
showmanly
ˈʃəʊmənlɪ
sportsmanly
ˈspɔːtsmənlɪ
statesmanly
ˈsteɪtsmənlɪ
suddenly
ˈsʌdənlɪ
superhumanly
ˌsuːpəˈhjuːmənlɪ
uncommonly
ʌnˈkɒmənlɪ
ungentlemanly
ʌnˈdʒentlmənlɪ
unhumanly
ʌnˈhjuːmənlɪ
unwomanly
ʌnˈwʊmənlɪ
womanly
ˈwʊmənlɪ
workmanly
ˈwɜːkmənlɪ
yeomanly
ˈjəʊmənlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GENTLEMANLY

gentlehood
gentleman
Gentleman Usher of the Blue Rod
gentleman-at-arms
gentleman-farmer
gentleman-in-waiting
gentleman´s agreement
gentlemanhood
gentlemanlike
gentlemanliness
gentlemanship
gentlemen
gentlemen-at-arms
gentlemen-farmers
gentlemen-in-waiting
gentlemen´s agreement
gentlemen´s club
gentleness
gentlenesse
gentleperson

WORDS THAT END LIKE GENTLEMANLY

antichristianly
Christianly
cleanly
leanly
manly
meanly
medianly
musicianly
partisanly
patricianly
plebeianly
reptilianly
ruffianly
saturnalianly
sovranly
subterraneanly
unchristianly
uncleanly
unmanly
wanly

Synonyms and antonyms of gentlemanly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «GENTLEMANLY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «gentlemanly» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of gentlemanly

Translation of «gentlemanly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GENTLEMANLY

Find out the translation of gentlemanly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of gentlemanly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «gentlemanly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

绅士
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

caballerosa
570 millions of speakers

English

gentlemanly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सदाचारी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نبيل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

джентльменски
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cavalheiresca
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভদ্র
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

gentleman
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gentlemanly
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

vornehm
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

紳士的な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

신사
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gentlemanly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nha nhặn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கெளரவமான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सभ्य गृहस्थ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

centilmence
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

da gentiluomo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kulturalny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

джентльменськи
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

manierat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ευγενής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

beskaafde
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gentlemanly
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gentleman
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of gentlemanly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GENTLEMANLY»

The term «gentlemanly» is regularly used and occupies the 86.806 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GENTLEMANLY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about gentlemanly

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5 QUOTES WITH «GENTLEMANLY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word gentlemanly.
1
George Catlin
The Crows are very handsome and gentlemanly Indians in their personal appearance: and have been always reputed, since the first acquaintance made with them, very civil and friendly.
2
Ty Cobb
When I began playing the game, baseball was about as gentlemanly as a kick in the crotch.
3
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Devil, can sometimes do a very gentlemanly thing.
4
Jeffrey Tambor
I loved the gentlemanly way they treated each other. It was unlike anything I was used to. I started helping them strike the set and, at 11, began taking acting classes privately.
5
Doris Eaton Travis
Florenz Ziegfeld, to us and our family, was just a delightful person. My sisters, Mary and Pearl, my brother Charlie and I all worked for him, and he treated us just beautifully, almost like a father. When I went with my mother up to his office, he was always gentlemanly and kindly. He was sort of a quiet person.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GENTLEMANLY»

Discover the use of gentlemanly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gentlemanly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Making a Man: Gentlemanly Appetites in the ...
Making a Man: Gentlemanly Appetites in the Nineteenth-Century British Novel addresses consumption of food, drink, and drugs in the conspicuously consuming nineteenth century in order to explore the question of what, in fact, makes a man in ...
Gwen Hyman, 2009
2
Gentlemänly Repöse: Confessions of a Debauched Rock'n'roller
This is the hilarious and candid chronicle of when the unheard-of Unband got to drink, fight and play loud music with 80s metal bands like Def Leppard and Dio years after their heyday.
Michael Ruffino, 2004
3
The Death of Gentlemanly Capitalism: The Rise And Fall of ...
Was this the inevitable result ofglobalization or did mismanagement play a part? This is the first book to look at how and why the British merchant banks and brokers sold out, and where that leaves us.
Philip Augar, 2008
4
Gentlemanly capitalism and British imperialism: the new ...
In this volume, Raymond Dumett explores the latest scholarship and further develops the idea of 'Gentlemanly Capitalism', by exploring its role in a wide variety of international contexts, both in and out of the British Empire.
Raymond E. Dumett, 1999
5
A Gentlemanly and Honorable Profession: The Creation of the ...
A unique and fascinating social history of the U.S. Navy's officer corps between its establishment and the end of the War of 1812.
Christopher McKee, 1991
6
Gentlemanly Capitalism, Imperialism, and Global History
British imperial history can now be seen as a bridge to global history.
Shigeru Akita, 2002
7
The Debate on the Rise of British Imperialism
The. metropole. strikes. back: the. new. debate. about. gentlemanly. capitalism. and. empire,. 1980-2004. The publication of the two volume British Imperialism by Peter Cain and Anthony Hopkins in 1993 sparked off a new debate about the  ...
Anthony Webster, 2006
8
Padre Porko: the gentlemanly pig
Padre Porko, a genial character from northern Spain, is pink like a baby and wears a green velvet jacket.
Robert Davis, 1948
9
The Great Devonian Controversy: The Shaping of Scientific ...
Chapter Two Arenas Of Gentlemanly Debate 2.1 Gentlemanly Specialists in Geology The world of science in the early nineteenth century was dominated by gentlemanly specialists. The days of the universal virtuoso or polymathic savant in ...
Martin J. S. Rudwick, 1988
10
Obscene Things: Sexual Politics in Jin Ping Mei
The young men among the scholars always put on light red informal dress.'' So notes Fan Lian, in a tone that is somewhat disapproving and at least a little bemused. This passage and others are quoted in John Meskill, Gentlemanly Interests ...
Naifei Ding, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GENTLEMANLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term gentlemanly is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Confederate names have no place on California schools
The distinguished and gentlemanly native Virginian may have been against slavery, once calling it "a moral and political evil." But he wasn't ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
2
Baseball In Skirts, 19th-Century Style
Team owners thought it would calm the men down to a more gentlemanly form of play if women were permitted to attend." So a community ... «New Hampshire Public Radio, Jul 15»
3
Agents of SHIELD Comic-Con Press Conference
(Maybe not so much Dalton, who is actually very gentlemanly, and barely homicidal). Though the producing side of the contingent has had to ... «ComingSoon.net, Jul 15»
4
Aisle View: Penn & Teller, Back in Town
While performing silently, Teller told her sotto voce when to sit and what to do, as well as offering gentlemanly praise for her contribution. «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
5
George Kerevan: Have the Tories put Scottish independence back …
This opens the possibility that resistance to the Tories at Westminster will be less gentlemanly in future. Meanwhile, I detect the mood in ... «The National, Jul 15»
6
Reporter tries his hand at Brockton Fair demolition derby
A gentlemanly tip of the cap to each other before going full bore at one another with no mercy. Once I felt my bumper tap the other driver's I saw ... «Enterprise News, Jul 15»
7
Economic development under IMF bailout; Role of the professional …
Nineteenth century concepts of professionalism stressed the probity, dignity, honour, and gentlemanly instincts of the practitioner. The duality of ... «Graphic Online, Jul 15»
8
Pic Talk: Shruti Haasan Captured By Star Hero
Known as the most gentlemanly and professional star in Kollywood, Ajith's penchant for photography has been quite a surprising revelation for ... «Gulte, Jul 15»
9
Women's football breaks new ground
Purists will probably say his behaviour is not befitting to such a gentlemanly sport. And maybe it isn't. But at Wimbledon over the past couple of ... «Times of Malta, Jul 15»
10
From kids to grandparents, fans turn out to see The Rolling Stones
By a little after 9 p.m., that chill mood would become charged thanks to a few gentlemanly Brits who have been strutting and thrashing on stage ... «Buffalo.com, Jul 15»

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