GENTLEMANLIKE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gentlemanlike mean? 

• GENTLEMANLIKE (adjective)
  The adjective GENTLEMANLIKE has 1 sense:

1. befitting a man of good breeding

  Familiarity information: GENTLEMANLIKE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENTLEMANLIKE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Befitting a man of good breeding

Synonyms:

gentlemanlike; gentlemanly

Context example:

gentlemanly behavior

Similar:

refined ((used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel)

 Context examples 

Mr. Bingley was good-looking and gentlemanlike; he had a pleasant countenance, and easy, unaffected manners.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

I never mentioned his manners; but, unless I had a very bad taste, they must suit it; they are polished, calm, and gentlemanlike.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

He moved a few steps nearer, and those few steps were enough to prove in how gentlemanlike a manner, with what natural grace, he must have danced, would he but take the trouble.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

I will say, then, that we have seen him two or three times, and that my friends here are very much struck with his gentlemanlike appearance.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Where could you expect a more gentlemanlike, agreeable man?

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

The master of the ceremonies introduced to her a very gentlemanlike young man as a partner; his name was Tilney.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

He seems a most gentlemanlike man; and I think, Elinor, I may congratulate you on the prospect of a very respectable establishment in life.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

“Buff and blue are always very gentlemanlike. But a sprigged waistcoat would have been better.”

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Their brother is a pleasant gentlemanlike man—he is a great friend of Darcy's.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Suffice it, that he has behaved in the most gentlemanlike and generous manner, and has confirmed me in a most favourable opinion of his understanding, heart, and temper.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)