Meaning of gentlepersonly | Babel Free

Definitions

Having the manners or behavior of a gentleperson; having social graces; polite.

Examples

“Possibly there have⟳ never been, in one ampitheater,^([sic]) three gladiators more civilized in style, more moderate in instinct, more gentlepersonly in mood, than Babbidge, Grasso and Killian.”

“I think⟳ that the “energy crisis” (or whatever it really is) requires that we all think⟳ positively in a gentlepersonly way — not like⟳ jungle residents, which the influential Mr. Gorin apparently believes us to be.”

“But even on such a gentlepersonly newspaper as this, a sporting offer⟳ to scribble under the name⟳ of Jeremiah Jenkins (last⟳ heard of Fiji) without benefit of tax produces shock⟳, incredulity and finally pain.”

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