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statesmanlike en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English statesman Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English statesmanlike From statesman + -like.

Meanings

1. Like a statesman, demonstrating the skills and qualities of a respected leader.
   • What we should look for from a Secretary of State for Transport is a statesmanlike position above the fray, calmly laying out the big issues, the preferred outcome, and restating in a credible and persuasive way a determination to see it through. 2022 July 13, Sir Michael Holden, “Comment: Who will speak for our railway?”, in RAIL, number 961, page 3:

Forms

Coordinates

stateswomanlike

Deriveds

unstatesmanlike

Hypernyms

statespersonlike

Translations (4)

ga státúil (like a statesman) · pl jak mąż stanu (like a statesman) · sv statsmannamässig (like a statesman) · de staatsmännisch (like a statesman)