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• a  marked by the qualities of or befitting a statesman

• The Prince, Niccolo Machiavelli's great handbook of statesmanly dissimulation, has been studied long and passionately by Benito Mussolinion his own confession.
• Warsaw was thus in receptive mood when Berlin proposed Adolf Hitler's most statesmanly idea thus far, namely, that the Polish Corridor question should be put officially on ice .
• Last week Senators tugged valiantly at their togas and amended the rule book in the name of statesmanly decorum.

• statesmanlike

• unstatesmanlike

Quotes

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• Michelle Obama in Charlotte Observer
  He's got to be the expert in all areas and he's got to be able to articulate his vision in a competent, clear and statesmanly manner. And also, that's his personality,Michelle Obama told the Observer.
• Michael von Faulhaber in New York Times
  Burleigh acknowledges that Munich's Cardinal Michael von Faulhaber praised Hitler's "statesmanly breadth of vision," but he admonishes Faulhaber's critics for failing to acknowledge that he then requested an "amnesty" for concentration camp inmates.