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Definition: Gentlemanly |
GentlemanlyAdjective1. Befitting a man of good breeding; "gentlemanly behavior". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "gentlemanly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1762. (references) |
Synonym: GentlemanlySynonym: gentlemanlike (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Fashion | Adjective: fashionable; in fashion; Noun: a la mode, comme il faut; admitted in society, admissible in society; Noun: presentable; conventional; (customary); genteel; well-bred, well mannered, well behaved, well spoken; gentlemanlike, gentlemanly; ladylike; civil, polite; (courteous). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Gentlemanly |
| English words defined with "gentlemanly": Gentilize, Gentlemanliness ♦ Walking gentleman. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "gentlemanly": DUEL ♦ First Gentleman of Europe ♦ Very much of. (references) |
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Thomas Arnold | What we must look for here is, firstly, religious and moral principles; secondly, gentlemanly conduct; thirdly, intellectual ability. |
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | DUEL, n. A formal ceremony preliminary to the reconciliation of two enemies. Great skill is necessary to its satisfactory observance; if awkwardly performed the most unexpected and deplorable consequences sometimes ensue. A long time ago a man lost his life in a duel. That dueling's a gentlemanly vice I hold; and wish that it had been my lot To live my life out in some favored spot -- Some country where it is considered nice To split a rival like a fish, or slice A husband like a spud, or with a shot Bring down a debtor doubled in a knot And ready to be put upon the ice. Some miscreants there are, whom I do long To shoot, to stab, or some such way reclaim The scurvy rogues to better lives and manners, I seem to see them now -- a mighty throng. It looks as if to challenge me they came, Jauntily marching with brass bands and banners! Xamba Q. Dar |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Gentlemanly" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Gentlemanly" is used about 101 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 101 | 32,488 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "gentlemanly": officer-and-gentlemanly, Old-gentlemanly. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "gentlemanly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | جنتلمانى. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | kavalírský (chivalrous, generous), džentlmenský. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | gentleman (gent, gentleman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | weltmännisch (gently, sophisticated, urbane, urbanely), gebildet (cultivated, cultured, educated, erudite, learned, literate, polished, polite, refined, shaped, unprimitive, well bred, well read, well-informed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ευγενήσ (civil, courteous, courtly, debonair, gallant, genteel, gentle, gracious, kindly, ladylike, nobble, nobleman, patrician, polite, soulful, thoroughbred, urbane, well mannered), ευγενοπρεπήσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | úriemberhez méltó (gentlemanlike), úri (genteel, gentlemanlike). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | sopan (decent, genteel, polite, urbane), santun (decent, genteel, polite). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | da gentiluomo (gentlemanlike). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 紳士的 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | し"してき. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | ooasle (aristocratic, classy, dignified, esteemed, honourable, illustrious, lofty, lordly, magnificent, patrician, respected). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | entlemanlygay próprio de cavalheiro, fino (braw, choice, dainty, delicate, dressy, exquisite, fine, gallant, gaunt, gentian, gossamer, keen, knowing, lean, nice, Nobby, out and out, posit, refined, select, sharp, sheer, sleazy, slender, slim, smart, stylish, subtil, subtile, subtle, tactful, tasteful, tenuous, thin, well bred, well-made, wispy), elegante (attic, beau, brave, braw, cheesy, chic, dainty, Dandy, dapper, dink, dinky, elegant, fashionable, feather, fete, flotage, graceful, handsome, informed, jimp, knowing, ladylike, light, natty, neat, nifty, Nobby, paste, polished glass, polite, posh, silk stocking, slim, smart, spicy, Spruce, stylish, tasteful, tasty, Tony, trig, trim), distinto (articulate, cleanly cut, clear, different, discrete, discriminate, discriminating, distinct, distinctive, distinguished, genteel, grand, great, image, neat, net, nice, noted, plain, precise, stylish, unlike, well-marked), com correção. (various references) джентельменский (gentlemen's). (various references) gospodski (white collar). (various references) como caballero (gentlemanlike), caballeroso (chivalrous, gentlemanlike, sporting, sportsmanlike), caballeresco (chivalrous, gentlemanlike, knightly). (various references) gentlemannamässig (gentlemanlike). (various references) centilmence (gentlemanlike, sportsmanlike, sporty). (various references) чемний (affable, attentive, civil, courteous, debonair, mannerly, well spoken), порядний (conventional, decent, decorous, well doing, white), джентельменський (gentlemanlike). (various references) quân tử (gentlemanlike), lịch sự (affable, chic, civil-spoken, courteous, courtly, gentlemanlike, urbane, well-mannered), h o hoa phong nhã; h o hiệp (gentlemanlike). (various references) bonheddig (aristocratic, gentle, noble), boneddigaidd (noble). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | liberali, liberalis, liberalissimi. (various references) |
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Words ending with "gentlemanly": ungentlemanly. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "gentlemanly" (pronounced je"ntulmunlē or je"nulmunlē) |
| 5 | -m u n l ē | commonly, humanly, uncommonly. |
| 4 | -u n l ē | brazenly, certainly, clandestinely, evenly, genuinely, heavenly, matronly, mistakenly, openly, slovenly, suddenly, uncertainly, unevenly, wantonly. |
| 3 | -n l ē | benignly, cleanly, divinely, finely, greenly, humanely, keenly, lonely, mainly, manly, obscenely, only, plainly, sternly, stubbornly, thinly, ungainly, vainly. |
| 5 | -m u n l ē | commonly, humanly, uncommonly. |
| 4 | -u n l ē | brazenly, certainly, clandestinely, evenly, genuinely, heavenly, matronly, mistakenly, openly, slovenly, suddenly, uncertainly, unevenly, wantonly. |
| 3 | -n l ē | benignly, cleanly, divinely, finely, greenly, humanely, keenly, lonely, mainly, manly, obscenely, only, plainly, sternly, stubbornly, thinly, ungainly, vainly. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-g-l-l-m-n-n-t-y" | |
-2 letters: elegantly, gentleman. | |
-3 letters: entangle, mentally, tallymen. | |
-4 letters: amylene, elegant, gatemen, gellant, gleeman, langley, melange, meltage, teleman. | |
-5 letters: allege, eaglet, enamel, gallet, galley, gamely, gamete, gannet, gelant, gelate, gentle, gently, gleamy, gleety, lamely, lament, lanely, lateen, lately, laymen, lealty, leanly, legate, legman, legmen, lenten, magnet, mallee, mallet, manege, mangel, mangey, mangle, mantel, mantle, meanly, meetly, menage, mental, metage, namely, neaten, neatly, negate, tamely, tangle, tangly, tegmen, telega. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-g-l-l-m-n-n-t-y" | |
+2 letters: ungentlemanly. | |
+3 letters: governmentally. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 65 6E 74 6C 65 6D 61 6E 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--. . -. - .-.. . -- .- -. .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01100101 01101110 01110100 01101100 01100101 01101101 01100001 01101110 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G e n t l e m a n l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 0065 006E 0074 006C 0065 006D 0061 006E 006C 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4171808678717967807891 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Familiar 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Translations: Ancient 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
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