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statesmanlike

statesmanlike adjective: like a statesman, demonstrating the skills and qualities of a respected leader.

Adjective

statesmanlike (comparative more statesmanlike, superlative most statesmanlike)

  1. Like a statesman, demonstrating the skills and qualities of a respected leader.
    • What we should look for from a Secretary of State for Transport is a statesmanlike position above the fray, calmly laying out the big issues, the preferred outcome, and restating in a credible and persuasive way a determination to see it through.2022 July 13, Sir Michael Holden, “Comment: Who will speak for our railway?”, in RAIL, number 961, page 3

statesmanlike meaning in Tamil

statesmanlike in Tamil

சான்றாண்மைமிக்க, பெருஞ்செயற் பண்பு வாய்ந்த

Forms of statesmanlike

comparativemore statesmanlike
superlativemost statesmanlike

Origin of statesmanlike

From statesman + -like.

Words formed from statesmanlike

Questions about statesmanlike

What does statesmanlike mean?
Statesmanlike means like a statesman, demonstrating the skills and qualities of a respected leader.
What is statesmanlike in Tamil?
Statesmanlike in Tamil is சான்றாண்மைமிக்க, பெருஞ்செயற் பண்பு வாய்ந்த. See Statesmanlike meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is statesmanlike?
Statesmanlike is an adjective.

Words near statesmanlike in the dictionary

  1. stateships
  2. stateside
  3. statesider
  4. statesiders
  5. statesman
  6. statesmanlike
  7. statesmanly
  8. statesmanship
  9. statesmanships
  10. statesmen
  11. statesmonger

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Adapted from Wiktionary: statesmanlike (page history and authors); statesmanlike (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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