In view of this fact the use of the term "unchivalrous" by the Confederate commander can be justly appreciated. From Wordnik.com. [Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 (of 2) From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860] Reference
What if we are unmannerly or unchivalrous toward them?. From Wordnik.com. [The Bibliotaph and Other People] Reference
I'm not the one coming across as an unchivalrous young man. From Wordnik.com. [Watch Gem on The Bill Tonight] Reference
Some construed this as an unchivalrous reference to Sarah Palin. From Wordnik.com. [The War Against the Normal] Reference
WWI has a strong connotation of faceless, bleak and unchivalrous fighting. From Wordnik.com. [Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Why First-Time Authors Shouldn’t Even Consider Self-Publishing] Reference
I have never read such unchivalrous sentiments in my life — from a man, I mean. From Wordnik.com. [A Pair of Blue Eyes] Reference
But she might have expected such unchivalrous behaviour from a man with his reputation!. From Wordnik.com. [The Outrageous Dowager]
I call it unchivalrous because it has been known to elide eulogies of enemy decency and enemy valour. From Wordnik.com. [The Better Germany in War Time Being some Facts towards Fellowship] Reference
But once the wars ceased the Japanese simply turned their backs on these unworthy, unchivalrous weapons. From Wordnik.com. [The Perry Legacy] Reference
Drawing out the fight was a way to get some exercise, he rationalized, and he wasn't being entirely unchivalrous. From Wordnik.com. [The Day of the Tempest]
'Perhaps it is unchivalrous ungentlemanly of me to say so, but that wasn't loathing I could see in your eyes earlier on today. From Wordnik.com. [The Demetrios Virgin]
They are hard to empathize with though, since all have skeletons in the closet and make some unchivalrous choices along the way. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-11-01] Reference
No, he says, "Given the opportunities these people have afforded me and the platform they've given me, that would be rather unchivalrous.". From Wordnik.com. [Russell Brand: This charming man] Reference
I stopped the car and jumped out with full intention of demolishing him, chivalrous or unchivalrous, he is going to get the fight he wants. From Wordnik.com. [Why we hate our beloved dictators?] Reference
But their conduct was most unworthy and unchivalrous. From Wordnik.com. [John Knox and the Reformation] Reference
I have never read such unchivalrous sentiments in my life -- from a man, I mean. From Wordnik.com. [A Pair of Blue Eyes] Reference
No sooner had this unchivalrous fellow obtained possession of the fort and of this. From Wordnik.com. [Baddeck, and That Sort of Thing] Reference
The inflated state of the unchivalrous middle, denominated Manchester, terrified him. From Wordnik.com. [Beauchamp's Career — Complete] Reference
Dion thought that he would be unchivalrous if he now neglected to make a point of speaking to. From Wordnik.com. [In the Wilderness] Reference
Confederate arms yesterday, to accept the ungenerous and unchivalrous terms which you propose. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Memoirs of General U. S. Grant — Complete] Reference
General Buckner felt himself "compelled to accept the ungenerous and unchivalrous terms" which General. From Wordnik.com. [Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 (of 2) From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860] Reference
Buckner replied that circumstances compelled him "to accept the ungenerous and unchivalrous terms which you propose.". From Wordnik.com. [Pushing to the Front] Reference
Henry, his enemies themselves being Judges, fully exculpated from every suspicion of cruelty or unchivalrous bearing. From Wordnik.com. [Henry of Monmouth, Volume 2 Memoirs of Henry the Fifth] Reference
It was well that Miss Verbena Martin could not overhear their talk, which was unchivalrous and unfriendly in the extreme. From Wordnik.com. [The Happy Family] Reference
Gourlay's men took their cue from their master, and were contemptuous of Barbie, most unchivalrous scorners of its old maids. From Wordnik.com. [The House with the Green Shutters] Reference
But he loved her, and he would have deemed it unchivalrous to let her feel now that their relation to one another had changed. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works] Reference
I am afraid I took a rather unchivalrous delight in picturing your desire and resolve to go back eventually to your native jungle. From Wordnik.com. [Return of Tarzan] Reference
A logical distinction may certainly be made, but in practice it was felt to be unchivalrous and harsh, so it was speedily abandoned. From Wordnik.com. [The War in South Africa Its Cause and Conduct] Reference
Buckner sent back word that he was compelled by circumstances "to accept the ungenerous and unchivalrous terms" which had been proposed. From Wordnik.com. [Ulysses S. Grant] Reference
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