† ˈgentlemany, a. Obs.
= gentlemanly.
The first quot. perh. may not be an example of this word.
| 1489 Paston Lett. No. 908 III. 352 It were best for yow to purvey yow of some gentyl meny thynges ageyns the Kyngs comyng. 1694 Sir W. Hope Swordman's Vade-Mecum [several times]. 1714 ― New Method Fencing 47 Those I formerly published upon this Gentlemany Subject. Ibid. 6. 1719 Sc. Presbyt. Eloquence (ed. 3) 135 One Mr. Thomas Ramsay..said in a Sermon..there is a Gentlemanny Preaching, and a Common-manny preaching. |