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UNGENTLEMANLIKE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ungentlemanlike mean?
• UNGENTLEMANLIKE (adjective)
The adjective UNGENTLEMANLIKE has 1 sense:
1. not befitting a gentleman
Familiarity information: UNGENTLEMANLIKE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not befitting a gentleman
Synonyms:
ungentlemanlike; ungentlemanly
Similar:
unrefined ((used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth)
Context examples
He stopt; and, ungentlemanlike as he looked, Fanny was obliged to introduce him to Mr. Crawford.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
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