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Having the manners or behavior of a gentlewoman; having social graces; polite..
Then, Sir, I am Guardian to my only Siſter; and tho’ ſhe is ſix Years above Age, I ſtill keep her Fortune carefully in my own hands, for fear ſhe ſhou’d idly throw it away upon ſome beggarly young Fellow: Not but I give her a good Gentlewomanly Education; for I have taught her ſeveral Tunes, my ſelf, upon the Dulcimer; and to ſave the charge of a Singing Maſter, I let her go once a Week, with her Maid, in the Upper Gallery, to learn the Songs out of the Opera.
In about three Days more, they arrived ſafe, at Hamſted, and ſtopping at the Court of a large Houſe, that was delightfully ſituated, they were welcomed by a Gentlewomanly looking Matron, whom James had fixed for Houſekeeper, about a Fortnight before.
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Gentlewomanly means Having the manners or behavior of a gentlewoman; having social graces; polite..
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Then, Sir, I am Guardian to my only Siſter; and tho’ ſhe is ſix Years above Age, I ſtill keep her Fortune carefully in my own hands, for fear ſhe ſhou’d idly throw it away upon ſome beggarly young Fellow: Not but I give her a good Gentlewomanly Education; for I have taught her ſeveral Tunes, my ſelf, upon the Dulcimer; and to ſave the charge of a Singing Maſter, I let her go once a Week, with her Maid, in the Upper Gallery, to learn the Songs out of the Opera.
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