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UNGENTLEMANLIKE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ungentlemanlike mean? 

UNGENTLEMANLIKE (adjective)
  The adjective UNGENTLEMANLIKE has 1 sense:

1. not befitting a gentlemanplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


UNGENTLEMANLIKE (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Not befitting a gentleman

Synonyms:

ungentlemanlike; ungentlemanly

Similar:

unrefined ((used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth)


 Context examples 


He stopt; and, ungentlemanlike as he looked, Fanny was obliged to introduce him to Mr. Crawford.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)



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