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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Ungentlemanny, adj. [e.m.E. vngentlemanly (1572); Ungentilman n. Also in the later dial.] Not befitting a gentleman, ungentlemanly. — 1642 Rep. Maxwell-Stuart Mun. 4.
You haue not … deceaued my expectation and it were now ane ungentlemanny trick to begin 1667 Lauderdale P. II 42.
How ungentlemanny a thing it is to use a lady rudely 1673 Lauder Notices Affairs I 73.
If … he used any opprobrious, misbecoming, or ungentlemanny language
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