"gentleman-like" meaning in All languages combined

See gentleman-like on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: more gentleman-like [comparative], most gentleman-like [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} gentleman-like (comparative more gentleman-like, superlative most gentleman-like)
  1. Alternative form of gentlemanlike. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: gentlemanlike
    Sense id: en-gentleman-like-en-adj-c3iHONuh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "1596, Thomas Nashe, “The life and godly education from his childhood of that thrice famous clarke, and morthie Orator and Poet Gabriell Haruey”, in Have with You to Saffron-Walden, London: John Danter:",
          "text": "Deuinitie (the Heauen of all Artes) for a while drew his thoughts vnto it, but shortly after the world the flesh and the diuell with-drewe him from that, and needes he would be of a more Gentleman-like lustie cut; whereupon hee fell to morrall Epistling and Poetrie.",
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          "ref": "c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii], page 301, column 2:",
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          "ref": "1778 May 14, Ignatius Sancho, “Letter LXII. To Miss C⸻.”, in Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, an African. […], volume I, London: […] J. Nichols: And sold by J. Dodsley, […], published 1782, pages 195–196:",
          "text": "I proteſt, it is to me the moſt difficult of things to write to one of your female geniuſes—there is a certain degree of cleverality (if I may ſo call it), an eaſy kind of derangement of periods, a gentleman-like—faſhionable—careleſs—ſee-ſaw of dialogue—which I know no more of than you do of cruelty.",
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