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▪ I. unˈgentlemanly, a.
(un-1 7.)
1562Legh Armory 122 There are nyne rebatings of armes, which for nyne sondry vngentilmanly dedes done, are resembled as hereafter followeth. 1614B. Jonson Barth. Fair i. iii, What an vnmercifull companion art thou to quit thy lodging at such vngentlemanly houres! 1684Otway Atheist v, It is an opportunity I should make no ungentlemanly use of. 1741Richardson Pamela (ed. 3) I. 84, I can stoop to the ordinariest Work of your Scullions, sooner than bear such ungentlemanly Imputations. 1825T. Hook Sayings Ser. ii. III. 303 This letter produced an abusive, vulgar, and ungentlemanly answer. 1881W. G. Ward Ess. Philos. Theism (1884) II. 286 They thought it thoroughly ungentlemanly so to speak in the presence of ladies.
Hence unˈgentelmanly v.
1834Medwin Angler in Wales II. 117 There were some ungentlemanlying themselves, by giving it against the horse.
▪ II. unˈgentlemanly, adv.
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1572J. Bossewell Armorie 12 b, The rebatinge of Armes for diverse vngentle deedes vngentlemanly donne. 1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 179 They..so defraud and cousin them ungentlemanly of their parents love. 1713S. Sewall Diary 24 Apr., [She] said Mr. Alford had done ungentlemanly by her. 1819Metropolis II. 207 He speaks ungentlemanly loud, as all sailors do. |