Gentlewomanlike
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Gentlewomanlike is an adjective meaning Characteristic of a gentlewoman; having the qualities of a gentlewoman.
Meaning
Characteristic of a gentlewoman; having the qualities of a gentlewoman.
More Meanings
- In a manner befitting a gentlewoman.
Example Sentences
She is good-looking, civil, and gentlewomanlike.
To clarify the spirit in which he undertakes the repayment of his loan, Mountford dresses himself "gentlemanlike" and requires Susan to dress "gentlewomanlike."
His wife, who was a coarse, vulgar woman, in the meantime died, and he afterwards married the daughter of an innkeeper , who proved as gentlewomanlike as the other had been the reverse, and who is very pretty besides.
For you shall have some, yea many thousands, that live uppon nothing els, and yet go clothed gentlewomanlike both in their silks, and otherwyse, with their fingers clogged with rings, their wrists with bracelets and jewels, and their purses full of gold and silver.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include gentlewomanly, ladyish, ladylike, gentlepersonly, gentlemanish, gentlemanlike.
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