gentlemanlike

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for gentlemanlike
Adjective
  • Self-effacing, gentlemanly and energetically friendly, Lovell was an astronaut, a member of a very exclusive club.
    Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
  • The grandaddy of green fragrances, Polo’s original eau de toilette has been a gentlemanly staple since it was introduced in 1978.
    Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 3 July 2025
Adjective
  • And both the book and the film offered historically nonsensical versions of the Klan as an honorable and chivalrous group fighting for social justice and the virtue of white womanhood.
    Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Xavier is both when first introduced, but the slacker pothead lives long enough to reveal his chivalrous side.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 30 June 2025
Adjective
  • Blyth provides a fitting foil to Jonsson’s softness with his endless spring of ruthless aggression, forcing Taylor’s primal survival instincts to butt against his more civilized sense that there has to be something more for him in this world.
    Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2025
  • This inexcusable violence belongs nowhere in a civilized society.
    Dan Mangan,Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The experience of secession, of war, of industrial slaughter and gallant sacrifice, of Black soldiery and humanity all reforged Lincoln into a stronger alloy.
    Jack Sheehan September 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The pre-match tifo at the Roker End depicted the County Durham legend of the giant Lambton worm, slayed by a gallant local hero.
    Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • But Ed presents himself with a no-frills courtly reticence that’s equal parts politeness and caution.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 30 Aug. 2025
  • All this evidence suggests that the earliest tarot deck may have been used for little more than a courtly card game, an exquisite plaything for the super-rich.
    Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 25 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Top models and Burch favorites Emily Ratajkowski, Alex Consani and Paloma Elsesser walked the runway for the show, which had a softness to it with sheer takes on polka dots and florals, gorgeous bead work and swishy, ladylike skirts.
    Anika Reed, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
  • While saliva is your best friend during a blow job, there’s a more ladylike way to perform without spitting.
    Ian Kumamoto, Them., 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Because Arthur and his lookalike neighbor are so physically similar, the poster and her neighbors have to be careful not to mix them up.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
  • This requires sterile environments and careful selection of the substrate.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Occasionally, Brown, who makes mesmerizing, lovelorn music under the name Nourished by Time, is a serenader reaching for the style of Jodeci or SWV—sinewy, solicitous, but alien underneath the ad-libbing.
    Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Best not to be overly solicitous with Tamsin.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
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“Gentlemanlike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gentlemanlike. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.

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