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gentleman-like

gentleman-like is the alternative form of gentlemanlike.

Meaning of gentlemanlike

Adjective

gentlemanlike (comparative more gentlemanlike, superlative most gentlemanlike)

  1. Like a gentleman; courteous.
    • He bowed to me, he madamed me, he was throughout as gentlemanlike and respectful as I had ever found him when we met at Old Harbour House or in Old Harbour Town.1905, William Clark Russell, The Yarn of Old Harbour Town, page 208
    Synonyms:
    gentlemanly

Forms of gentleman-like

comparativemore gentleman-like
superlativemost gentleman-like

Questions about gentleman-like

What is gentleman-like the alternative form of?
Gentleman-like is the alternative form of gentlemanlike.

Words near gentleman-like in the dictionary

  1. gentleman's measure
  2. gentleman's sweep
  3. gentleman-at-arms
  4. gentleman-commoner
  5. gentleman-in-waiting
  6. gentleman-like
  7. gentleman-pensioner
  8. gentleman-pensioners
  9. gentlemanhood
  10. gentlemanish
  11. gentlemanism

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