Chesterfieldian
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of Chesterfieldian
First recorded in 1770–80; Chesterfield + -ian
Example Sentences
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The danger of war, then, did not depend upon whether the Comintern was hidden or open, whether manners at U.N. were rude or Chesterfieldian.
From Time Magazine Archive
The wonder is that so plain a man as Henry Morton Stanley should have been able to coin so Chesterfieldian a mode of address.
From Time Magazine Archive
In a series of Chesterfieldian letters, written from the cozy depths of Hell, Screwtape advises his inexperienced nephew Wormwood on the best means of eternally damning the soul of his "patient."
From Time Magazine Archive
The alleged discourtesy of Colonel Lindbergh in giving out his letter to the President prematurely seems an act of studied, Chesterfieldian deference in comparison.
From Time Magazine Archive
He offered his own chair to Patty, and bringing forward another, presented it to Conny with a Chesterfieldian bow.
From Just Patty by Relyea, C. M. (Charles Mark)
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