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gentlewomanly, a.|ˈdʒɛnt(ə)lwʊmənlɪ|
[f. as prec. + -ly1.]
= gentlewomanlike.
1824Miss Mitford Village Ser. i. (1863) 217, I imbibed..a love of strong green tea, for which gentlewomanly excitation Mossy had a remarkable predilection. 1831J. Porter Sir E. Seaward's Narr. I. 289, I saw her restored to her former gentlewomanly condition. 1891B. Harte in Black & White 9 May 454/1 Low-voiced, gentlewomanly, with the pallor of ill-health.
Hence ˈgentlewomanliness.
1808M. Wilmot Jrnl. 16 Aug. (1934) iii. 368 He had felt..the Gentlewomanliness of her manners. 1867Pall Mall G. 21 Feb. 3 The education of the shop tends to superinduce the exterior signs of gentlemanliness and gentlewomanliness. 1873B. Harte Episode of Fiddletown Wks. 1880 III. 59 She had..a certain languid grace which passed easily for gentlewomanliness. |