gentlemanly

1. 1.

   befitting a man of good breeding

   “gentlemanly behavior”

   Synonymsgentlemanlike

   Similarrefined

Questions about gentlemanly

What does gentlemanly mean?

gentlemanly means "befitting a man of good breeding".

How many syllables are in gentlemanly?

gentlemanly has 4 syllables: gent-le-man-ly. The stress falls on "gent". In IPA it is /ˈdʒɛntəlmənli/.

What is another word for gentlemanly?

Close synonyms include gentlemanlike. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gentlemanly a common word?

gentlemanly is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.