Chesterfieldian

If an undercurrent of shady morality is traceable in this Chesterfieldian philosophy it must, of course, be explained away by the less perfect moral standard of his period as compared with that of our day.

Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman 2005

His manners are perfect — not Chesterfieldian, and yet never offensive.

Phineas Finn 2004

When a group from the Canadian Authors 'Association journeyed to England and visited George Bernard Shaw that Chesterfieldian Irishman announced that he was under the impression Canada had no authors.

Canada Finds Her Voice 1949

Chesterfieldian walk, and the big slouch hat, turned into the road.

Dorothy Dale's Camping Days Margaret Penrose

But he found some appropriate Chesterfieldian reply, while Hadria, to his annoyance, hurried off to her duties, full of good resolutions.

The Daughters of Danaus Mona Caird

A difference, as wide as the poles, exists between the ancient Gauls, who were conquered by the Franks in the tenth century, and the Chesterfieldian Frenchman of to-day; yet the same time elapsed between these two periods.

Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro Daniel Wallace [Editor] Culp

In the former, the Chesterfieldian lover was seen handing his _chere amie_ (a lusty wench, with red ochre cheeks) over a remarkably low stile: whether the subject, or the manner of its execution had inspired the muse, is no matter; but beneath was the following: --

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 396, October 31, 1829 Various

Chesterfieldian in his principles, he consents to be a Roman while at

Australian Writers Desmond Byrne

Though in early manhood he felt no embarrassment among men, he said 'that he never yet was able to divest himself of an anti-Chesterfieldian awkwardness in mixed companies.'

Albert Gallatin American Statesmen Series, Vol. XIII John Austin Stevens

When one member of a public school falls out with another member, his politeness in dealing with him becomes so Chesterfieldian, that one cannot help being afraid that he will sustain a strain from which he will never recover.

The Pothunters 1928