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