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From Middle English gentilmanly; equivalent to gentleman +‎ -ly (adjectival suffix).

gentlemanly (comparative gentlemanlier, superlative gentlemanliest)

1. Of, being, pertaining to, or resembling a gentleman or gentlemen.

   Synonym: gentlemanlike

   • 1867, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, chapter II, in The Gambler, translated by C. J. Hogarth‎^[1]:

     Best of all, he ought to imagine his fellow-gamblers and the rest of the mob which stands trembling over a coin to be equally rich and gentlemanly with himself, and playing solely for recreation and pleasure.

   • 2005 May 23, Eric Pfanner, “Puzzling phenomenon sweeps British papers”, in The New York Times‎^[2], archived from the original on 28 October 2021:

     With an election to cover and the soccer season in full swing, the sudoku newspaper rivalry stayed relatively gentlemanly until this month, when some of the last sudoku holdouts, including The Independent and The Guardian, joined the fray.

   • 2010 June 22, Catherine Rampell, “In Law Schools, Grades Go Up, Just Like That”, in The New York Times‎^[3], archived from the original on 24 February 2018, page A1:

     Some schools bump up everyone’s grades, some just allow for more As and others all but eliminate the once-gentlemanly C.

   • 2023 March 8, Paul Salveson, “Fond farewells to two final trains...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 54:

     The stationmaster was an important part of the local community. Anyon Kay, in his reminiscences of Horwich in the early 20th century, remembers a Mr Horsfield as stationmaster - "a gentlemanly character who took his job very seriously".

From Middle English gentilmanly; equivalent to gentleman +‎ -ly (adverbial suffix).

gentlemanly (comparative more gentlemanly, superlative most gentlemanly)

1. In the manner or with the behavior of a gentleman; with social grace, politely.

   Synonyms: gentlemanlikely, gentlemanlily (rare)

   • 1938, Charles A. Johnson, A Narrative History of Wise County, Virginia, page 165:

     He went gentlemanly dressed in East Virginia style, wore a high-top silk hat, as had lawyer Park, and sported a gold headed walking cane.

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