gentlepersonly

English

Etymology

From gentleperson +‎ -ly.

Adjective

gentlepersonly (comparative more gentlepersonly, superlative most gentlepersonly)

1. Having the manners or behavior of a gentleperson; having social graces; polite.
   • 1974 January 23, Alan H. Olmstead, “Ambitions Clash”, in The Bridgeport Telegram, volume LXXXIII, number 19, Bridgeport, Conn., page twenty-two:

     Possibly there have never been, in one ampitheater,^[sic] three gladiators more civilized in style, more moderate in instinct, more gentlepersonly in mood, than Babbidge, Grasso and Killian.

   • 1974 February 12, James A.M. Coburn, “Gasoline attitudes”, in The Record, volume 79, number 217, published 18 February 1974, pages B—3:

     I think that the “energy crisis” (or whatever it really is) requires that we all think positively in a gentlepersonly way — not like jungle residents, which the influential Mr. Gorin apparently believes us to be.

   • 1975 June 18, Peter Smark, “It’s all very taxing for the mugs”, in The Age, page 2:

     But even on such a gentlepersonly newspaper as this, a sporting offer to scribble under the name of Jeremiah Jenkins (last heard of Fiji) without benefit of tax produces shock, incredulity and finally pain.

Hyponyms

• gentlemanly
• gentlewomanly