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It is typically used to describe behavior that is courteous, honorable, and respectful, often associated with traditional notions of a gentleman. Example: "He always treated his colleagues with a gentlemanly demeanor, ensuring everyone felt valued and respected." Alternatives include "courteous" or "chivalrous."
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gentlemanly
adjective
Of, being, pertaining to, or resembling a gentleman or gentlemen.
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Chap Olympiad OK, less workout, more annual extravaganza of good old-fashioned gentlemanly pursuits.
His energy levels peak and trough; they're at a high when he's demanding "some pimp music" for P.I.M.P. or being lap-danced by his coterie of dancers during his gentlemanly Akon collaboration I Wanna Fuck You, and at a low when mumbling through chunks of boudoir R&B or when possessed by the ragga Lion within.
He left my iPhone in my bag, a kind of wink of both discernment and decency – a gentlemanly touch that has me, to this day, picturing him as a rather dashing, rogueish figure, like the Scarlet Pimpernel, sweeping through central London.
The regime maintains that this was the goal for which Iran has braved sanctions and acts of sabotage, such as the assassination of four of its nuclear scientists.Iran's conservatives are used to baiting moderate presidents; they drove to distraction Mr Ahmadinejad's predecessor, a gentlemanly reformist called Muhammad Khatami.
For Stuart Rose, the chief executive, this means a possible payout of close to £10m ($17m) over the next five years, as long as profits at least double.Not all M&S shareholders were happy: 18%, a high proportion by the gentlemanly standards of AGMs, voted against the pay awards.
In his memoirs, Carden wrote: "I must here & always bear testimony to the marked Gentlemanly Conduct of Commodore Decatur .Another British captain cruising off Boston went further.
Though slight, he has a very gentlemanly set of fighting skills: he knows how to box, how to sail, to drive racing cars, pilot planes and ride horses.
The Republicans intend this to be the first of many such procedures.Both sides are being stubborn, which stops other business and poisons the club's normally gentlemanly atmosphere.
It became big through coming to gentlemanly arrangements with the owners of big houses who could not afford to live in them.
In this confection, cricket's storied gentlemanly ideals, of good manners and fair play, are, at best, only dimly apparent.
However, since his hearing, some of his less gentlemanly writings have come to light.
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