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Pepys' active role in his wife's education, including lessons in drawing and "fostering her in gentlewomanly interests", can be clearly seen in the diary, said Miss Avidon.

From BBC • Jul. 22, 2024

It was almost as if they were members of an ancient family under some curse—they were so gentlewomanly, so proper, and they sighed so.

From The Good Soldier by Ford, Ford Madox

Afterwards we proceeded to the Birthplace, where a very gentlewomanly female exhibited the apartment in which the Infant Bard first saw the light.

From Baboo Jabberjee, B.A. by Anstey, F.

"Quite," she said, and considered within herself what r�le it would be kindest, most tactful, most truly gentlewomanly to play.

From The Literary Sense by Nesbit, E. (Edith)

Her words were scarcely to be reported, for she lost alike her temper and her gentlewomanly manners.

From A Forgotten Hero Not for Him by Holt, Emily Sarah