gallantly
adverb
in a way that shows exceptional politeness and attentiveness to others, especially women.
ungallantly
-
a word derived from
gallantly.
Example Sentences
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Connors ungallantly – or in the interests of telling it like it was – reveals in passing the terminated pregnancy that led to his splitting from 19-year-old Chris Evert.
From The Guardian ● May 27, 2013
The film is approximately right in suggesting that Greville ungallantly passed Emma on to his uncle, Sir William Hamilton.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 6, 2011
I also categorically deny that I ungallantly declared anything.
From Time Magazine Archive
"My record is running, not my wife," he said ungallantly.
From Time Magazine Archive
I have noticed not only caged birds, but children—not to speak ungallantly of the fair sex—generally give tongue most freely when one is silent, and presumably wants to keep so.
From Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis by Charles Maurice Davies
