gentlemanlikely

Adverb

gentlemanlikely (comparative more gentlemanlikely, superlative most gentlemanlikely)

1. In a gentlemanlike manner.
   • But lo! at twelve o’clock, or thereabouts, after Windham had spoken against the pension, tho’ very gentlemanlikely, and nobody (as I thought) had spoken well for it—what should I do but get up and make such a speech as quite surprized my own self, and seemed to carry the whole House with it?1810 February 17, Canning, letter to his wife; quoted in A. Aspinall, editor, The Later Correspondence of George III, volume V, Cambridge: at the University Press, 1970, →ISBN, page 516
   • And thus we hope and trust to find, no thank indeed, but excuse or silent, perhaps even gentlemanlikely smiling indifference or contempt, much more tolerable and desirable, however, than the unjudicious chitchat of dullness and ignorance alas too obvious in this sphere.1835, Adolphus Wagner, “Introduction”, in The Works of Robert Burns, with Selected Notes of Allan Cunningham, a Biographical and Critical Introduction, and a Comparative Etymological Glossary to the...

   Synonyms:

   gentlemanlily, gentlemanly