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Meanings of ungentlemanlike in English

Not befitting a gentleman.

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Examples for "ungentlemanly"
1
Simply being alive at that moment seemed, in some indefinable way, ungentlemanly.
Jonathan strange and mr norrell
2
This one was fishing under the bridge and he was most ungentlemanly.
Tish: The Chronicle of Her Escapades and Excursions
3
He then is so ungentlemanly as to threaten her with corporal punishment.
Ten Great Religions: An Essay in Comparative Theology
4
What he was doing, he told himself, was extremely ungentlemanly, horribly underbred.
Crome Yellow
5
One by-law runs: 'All profane, vulgar, or ungentlemanly talk shall be discountenanced.'
Old John Brown, the man whose soul is marching on
Usage of ungentlemanlike in English
1
I hate treachery and ingratitude, your honour; they are so terribly ungentlemanlike.
Pelham — Volume 08
2
I must say, that as far as my opinion goes, it was ungentlemanlike.
The Belton Estate
3
There would be nothing unfair or ungentlemanlike in it.
The Belton Estate
4
Mr. Greystock's conduct to me was-was-wasaltogethermost ungentlemanlike.
The Eustace Diamonds
5
The tone of the letter was ungentlemanlike and abominable; but the facts as declared were true.
Kept in the Dark
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It would be ungentlemanlike (in a manner) to resist it.
Vanity Fair
7
He stopt; and, ungentlemanlike as he looked, Fanny was obliged to introduce him to Mr. Crawford.
Mansfield Park
8
His conduct was most offensive, and most-mostungentlemanlike.
The Eustace Diamonds
9
And then it is so thoroughly dishonest,-soungentlemanlike!
The Way We Live Now
10
An English preacher is fettered and trammelled by fear of being thought fanatical and methodistical,-andstill worse, ungentlemanlike.
The Recreations of a Country Parson
11
Your statements would evidently imply that Colonel Newcome has been guilty of ungentlemanlike conduct, and of cowardice towards you.
The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family
12
Nay, it has been ungentlemanlike.
Castle Richmond
13
Your conduct is inexcusable, ungentlemanlike.
The Passenger from Calais
14
Anything which differs from this they are apt to regard as "ungentlemanlike or unladylike," and shun accordingly.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...
15
Besides, revenge is a gentlemanlike passion; but avarice and ambition are certainly the two most ungentlemanlike propensities in human nature.
The King's Highway
16
It is said, perhaps untruly, that his remonstrance to the Prince against his remaining here has been ungentlemanlike and indecent.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil / And Residence There During Part ...
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