statesman
noun
a person who is experienced in the art of government or versed in the administration of government affairs.
statesmanly
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a word derived from
statesman.
Example Sentences
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The character he seems most like is Sandy Cohen, the statesmanly patriarch of the 00s teen-dramedy The OC, one of television’s greatest-ever dads.
From The Guardian ā May 20, 2020
His recent article: The Crisis and the Political Parties, is the only statesmanly declaration in several political generations.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mr. Chief Justice . . . statesmanly leader of political affairs . . . careful analyst and adjudicator of legal principles, and world citizen with human concern for the common welfare of man .
From Time Magazine Archive
As his two sons developed, the superiority of Jon Bratiano Jr. over Vintila in statesmanly dexterity became manifest; and young Jon succeeded his father in the Premiership as early as 1909.
From Time Magazine Archive
The measures he proposes are all of a vigorously repressive kind; they are such measures as belong to a military occupancy, not to a statesmanly administration.
From The Faerie Queene ā Volume 01 by Edmund Spenser
