He pushed caution to such extremes that you can only call ungentlemanly where. From Wordnik.com. [The Torch and Other Tales] Reference
It's the "ungentlemanly" thing that really gets my goat. From Wordnik.com. [Local Alaskans See Sarah As Potent Asset But Vulnerable] Reference
Hamilton says nothing 'ungentlemanly' about his 'weaving' tactics. From Wordnik.com. [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference
Tom acted kind of ungentlemanly when he was drinkin '. ". From Wordnik.com. [Roughing it De Luxe] Reference
"ungentlemanly," and who thought that no man could touch pitch without defilement. From Wordnik.com. [History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II] Reference
Boisterous applause and loud laughter are ungentlemanly. From Wordnik.com. [Frost's Laws and By-Laws of American Society A condensed but thorough treatise on etiquette and its usages in America, containing plain and reliable directions for deportment in every situation in life.] Reference
But for all that, it is ungentlemanly of you to insult me. From Wordnik.com. [Unlikely Duchess]
It's that it was an ungentlemanly way to phrase his meaning. From Wordnik.com. [Keith Olbermann Apologizes For Crack About Hillary] Reference
D — — was ungentlemanly and rough, the others were polite. From Wordnik.com. [The Better Germany in War Time Being some Facts towards Fellowship] Reference
So I'm slung out of the Travellers 'for ungentlemanly conduct. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman and The Redskins]
‘Very ungentlemanly behaviour,’ thought little Mrs. Tibbs. From Wordnik.com. [Sketches by Boz] Reference
It would have been most ungentlemanly to have told you the truth then. From Wordnik.com. [Unlikely Duchess]
And not just because it would be totally ungentlemanly of me to do so. From Wordnik.com. [Ilium]
If they yell at their sisters, we reprove them for being ungentlemanly. From Wordnik.com. [Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Raising Our Sons Differently] Reference
He had a most ungentlemanly urge to pick her up bodily and throw her out in the hall. From Wordnik.com. [Gabriel's Lady]
Ladies, in other words, tend to be ladylike, while gentlemen are frequently ungentlemanly. From Wordnik.com. [The readers' room: what you thought of G2 this week] Reference
And so you own that he has threatened me; but not in gross and ungentlemanly terms, you say. From Wordnik.com. [Clarissa Harlowe] Reference
"Am I in the habit, sir, of doing things in the very rude and ungentlemanly style you insinuate?". From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846] Reference
It would, Melrose thought, be ungentlemanly of him not to inquire into its nature, and so he did. From Wordnik.com. [the dirty duck]
Ilinka, and the rest struck me as uniformly coarse, ungentlemanly, and “comme il ne faut pas.”. From Wordnik.com. [Youth] Reference
He sucked in a harsh breath, expelled it and said, “It was ungentlemanly to … mishandle you.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Lightkeeper]
Manner as the Coll. would have called Boorish, ungentlemanly, unpolite, ridiculous, in any other Man. From Wordnik.com. [John Adams diary 6, 2 December 1760 - 3 March 1761] Reference
Beauvoir, and, true to the ungentlemanly instincts of his base nature, pointed to a barrel in the street. From Wordnik.com. [Stories by American Authors, Volume 1] Reference
Filibustering an appointment is ungentlemanly, whereas filibustering a bill is proper Senatorial procedure. From Wordnik.com. [Breaking: Reid Yanks Defense Authorization Bill To Force GOP's Hand] Reference
"I believe you are treating me in a most ungentlemanly manner in keeping me here when I don't wish to stay.". From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 87, March, 1875] Reference
I'm in no way gonna harsh on Olbermann for essentially just acknowledging that he made an ungentlemanly comment. From Wordnik.com. [Keith Olbermann Apologizes For Crack About Hillary] Reference
Melrose, feeling displays of temper to be ungentlemanly, not to say emotionally depleting, was seldom given to them. From Wordnik.com. [the dirty duck]
Any sport that can do no better than charges of "ungentlemanly behavior" can never claim to be a sport of the people. From Wordnik.com. [Merrill Markoe: Hugo Chavez's Righteous Attack on Golf] Reference
To do so would be ungentlemanly and ours is the Age of the Gentleman, or so the Old Blowhard is increasingly informed. From Wordnik.com. [The Return of Gentility? No, It's Scoundrel Time!] Reference
Forgetting that the act, so natural to an American, is ungentlemanly and menial in England, he opened the door himself. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885] Reference
After being addressed in this ungentlemanly fashion, she dropped to all fours and slunk past him, the picture of dejection. From Wordnik.com. [A Taint in the Blood]
Besides, his ungentlemanly, morose treatment of helpless soldiers indicates his entire unfitness for the position he occupies. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference
The "Officer and a Gentleman" star is accused of ungentlemanly behavior, and last night Richard Gere finally got to address it. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 27, 2007] Reference
Their problem is sharpened by the fact that some conservative men are boorish and ungentlemanly to show how liberated they are. From Wordnik.com. [Sex and the Presidency] Reference
Here in Washington in the gentile club that is the United States Senate, usually at least, an ungentlemanly exchange happening right now. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 7, 2006] Reference
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