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Recent Examples of gentlemanly
Nathan, who exudes gentlemanly and diplomatic energy, is calm and collected throughout the fan meet.
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Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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
The movie ends with Ani and one of the enforcers, the gentlemanly Igor (Yura Borisov), sharing an embrace, although their future together seems achingly tenuous.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 21 June 2025
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Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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
The movie ends with Ani and one of the enforcers, the gentlemanly Igor (Yura Borisov), sharing an embrace, although their future together seems achingly tenuous.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 21 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gentlemanly
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Regardless of whether another installment of that spinoff will come to fruition, Lord Anderson might have the opportunity to provide manly advice for the Bridgerton boys, who have had to figure out matters of the heart largely without their father present.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
30 Jan. 2026
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There are those drunken, manly ones who want to get it.—
David Searcy,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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And as the Sheriff called by Ludie to track Carrie down, Lance Arthur Smith is warm, soft-spoken and chivalrous.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Jan. 2026
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Capturing the story of a wandering hedge knight in Dunk, or a warrior without land or wealth, and his squire, a young boy, will steer Game of Thrones fans away from the medieval world of chivalrous knights protecting the weak and the innocent to a more realistic portrayal of knighthood.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Jan. 2026
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Their film explores the vulnerability of the trans-masculine community by delving into Bean and Rozos’ own personal experiences, intertwined with the delights, challenges, and tragedy within Brockington and Prescott’s lives.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Feb. 2026
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And while today’s innovation is cutting-edge, the majority of today’s humanoids are militant, aggressively masculine, and plain creepy-looking.—
Grace Brown,
Fortune,
5 Feb. 2026
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In an era when roads were still rough and driving was still novel, electric automobiles seemed civilized.—
Bill Gourgey,
Popular Science,
5 Feb. 2026
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There is a much more civilized way to do this that involves working together with state officials opposed to inserting the administration’s will on a state whose citizens have stood up for their neighbors and said this is not right!—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Peggy isn’t panicked by her son’s alpha-male predilections.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2026
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The description of the male suspect took her by surprise.—
Gabriela Vidal,
CBS News,
5 Feb. 2026
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These firms now pay their rainmakers like Wall Street stars and have dropped their courtly scruples for relentless commercialism.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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This single feast, emblematic of Fes’s cuisine, carries the taste of the courtly table of the Abbasid Caliphate in Baghdad, the flavors served at the Alhambra in Islamic Andalucia, a blend of West African spices, and Amazigh know-how.—
Megan Spurrell,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 Dec. 2025
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Monochromatic is a Selena Gomez calling card, who has fashioned a refined, ladylike sense of style over the years and established herself as an LBD devotee.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
8 Feb. 2026
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It wasn’t supposed to be ladylike for a girl to joke.—
Lynn Hirschberg,
Rolling Stone,
30 Jan. 2026
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Tilt and the gallant escort was replaced by a boy too traumatized to leave his mother’s side.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Jan. 2026
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While Son of Hitler takes plenty of creative liberty when the titular character is recruited to assassinate his famous father for the Allies, the fate of the real-life Loret isn’t so gallant.—
Rosemary Counter,
Vanity Fair,
19 Jan. 2026
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