Gentlepersonly

Quick meaning: Gentlepersonly is an adjective meaning Having the manners or behavior of a gentleperson; having social graces; polite.

Meaning

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

Example Sentences

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.

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.

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.

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