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Dashing vs Gentlemanly - What's the difference?

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Dashing is a related term of gentlemanly.


As adjectives the difference between dashing and gentlemanly

is that dashing is spirited, audacious and full of high spirits while gentlemanly is of, being, pertaining to, or resembling a gentleman or gentlemen.

As a verb dashing

is .

As a noun dashing

is the action of the verb to dash.

As an adverb gentlemanly is

in the manner or with the behavior of a gentleman; with social grace, politely.

dashing

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Spirited, audacious and full of high spirits.
  • Chic, fashionable.
    • All heads turned as the dashing young man entered the room.

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

  • The action of the verb to dash.

    • Anagrams

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    gentlemanly

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, being, pertaining to, or resembling a gentleman or gentlemen.
  • * 2010 , Catherine Rampell, “ In Law Schools, Grades Go Up, Just Like That”, in The New York Times , 2010 June 22, page A1:
    • Some schools bump up everyone’s grades, some just allow for more As and others all but eliminate the once-gentlemanly C.

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In the manner or with the behavior of a gentleman; with social grace, politely.
  • * 1938 , Charles A. Johnson, A Narrative History of Wise County, Virginia (page 165)
    • He went gentlemanly dressed in East Virginia style, wore a high-top silk hat, as had lawyer Park, and sported a gold headed walking cane.

    Derived terms

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