Gentlemanlikely

adv

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Adverb
  1. 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?"

Synonyms

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gentlemanlilygentlemanly

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"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?"

Etymology

From gentlemanlike + -ly.

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