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† ˈgentlemany, a. Obs.
= gentlemanly.
The first quot. perh. may not be an example of this word.
1489Paston Lett. No. 908 III. 352 It were best for yow to purvey yow of some gentyl meny thynges ageyns the Kyngs comyng. 1694Sir W. Hope Swordman's Vade-Mecum [several times]. 1714― New Method Fencing 47 Those I formerly published upon this Gentlemany Subject. Ibid. 6. 1719 Sc. Presbyt. Eloquence (ed. 3) 135 One Mr. Thomas Ramsay..said in a Sermon..there is a Gentlemanny Preaching, and a Common-manny preaching. |