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gentlemanliness|ˈdʒɛnt(ə)lmənlɪnɪs| [f. next + -ness.] The attribute of being gentlemanly.
1580Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Generosité, gentlemanlinesse, courage. 1611Cotgr., Noblesse, nobilitie, gentrie, generousnesse, gentlemanlinesse. 1831Arnold Let. in Stanley Life & Corr. (1844) II. App. C. 389 A spirit of unaffected kindness..which the spirit of gentlemanliness has doubtless greatly dulled in the Church of England. 1866Geo. Eliot F. Holt xxxvi, To behave to Esther with a frank gentlemanliness. |