Gentlemanly

Examples

• Jo in maroon, with a stiff, gentlemanly linen collar, and a white chrysanthemum or two for her only ornament. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• He is very gentlemanly, I suppose. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• How truly gentlemanly he was! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Pure reason is so gentlemanly, but will and the visions of a people--these are adventurous and incalculable forces. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• No, no,' replied Mr. John Smauker, pulling forth the fox's head, and taking a gentlemanly pinch. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The duke being of gentlemanly manners, to give everybody their due, sought to appease matters a little. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Nothing could be more agreeable than his frank and courteous bearing, or adapted with a more gentlemanly instinct to the circumstances of his visit. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• It's a good gentlemanly game; and young Vincy is not a clodhopper. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• That's the way I begin with my niggers, he said, to a gentlemanly man, who had stood by him during his speech. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• But they were a gentlemanly race and did no work. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Besides them, there was but one other passenger--a young lady, whom a gentlemanly, though languid-looking man escorted. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• It had a genteel appearance, and a well-dressed, gentlemanly man sat on the seat, with a colored servant driving. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• A little reserved at times; but I will say extremely gentlemanly. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• You ought to have a couple of active energetic fellows, of gentlemanly manners, to go about. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• He then withdrew a pace or two; and, with another polite and gentlemanly inclination of the head, waited to be questioned. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• It was he who was very gentlemanly, I think! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I don't know whether he smiled, but he said in a gentlemanly tone--that is to say, a tone not hard nor terrifying,--What sort of trunk was yours? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• So particular as you are, my dear, I wonder you are not glad to have such a gentlemanly young man for a brother. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I travelled for 'em, sir, in a gentlemanly way--at a high salary. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• A very gentlemanly man, Mrs. Henry Spiker's brother, Mr. Copperfield. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Old Mr. Turveydrop is a very gentlemanly man indeed--very gentlemanly. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I could not be rude to such a very timid, gentlemanly man as that! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Very gentlemanly indeed, said Caddy. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• They did justice to it, though in a gentlemanly way--not in the mode Mr. Donne would have done had he been present. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Infernal pleasant, gentlemanly dog, Mivins, isn't he? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Many were young men of good family, good education and gentlemanly instincts. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Mr Clennam is a very gentlemanly man--very gentlemanly. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Things went confoundedly with me in New York; those Yankees are cool hands, and a man of gentlemanly feelings has no chance with them. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Very retiring and gentlemanly he was. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• He's a devilish pleasant gentlemanly dog,' said Mr. Smangle;--'infernal pleasant. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.

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