Gentlewomanlike

adj, adv

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Characteristic of a gentlewoman; having the qualities of a gentlewoman.

    "She is good-looking, civil, and gentlewomanlike."

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a manner befitting a gentlewoman.

    "For you shall have some, yea many thousands, that live uppon nothing els, and yet go clothed gentlewomanlike both in their silks, and otherwyse, with their fingers clogged with rings, their wrists with bracelets and jewels, and their purses full of gold and silver."

Synonyms

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femalefemininegirlishkittenishladylikemaidenly

Example

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"She is good-looking, civil, and gentlewomanlike."

Etymology

From gentlewoman + -like.

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