statesmanlike

English

Etymology

From statesman +‎ -like.

Adjective

statesmanlike (comparative more statesmanlike, superlative most statesmanlike)

1. Like a statesman, demonstrating the skills and qualities of a respected leader.
   • 2022 July 13, Sir Michael Holden, “Comment: Who will speak for our railway?”, in RAIL, number 961, page 3:

     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.

Hypernyms

• statespersonlike

Coordinate terms

• stateswomanlike

Translations

like a statesman

• German: staatsmännisch (de)
• Irish: státúil
• Swedish: statsmannamässig (sv)