Meanings
comparative more statesmanlike · superlative most statesmanlike
- 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
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivemarked by the qualities of or befitting a statesman
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishstatesman
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishstatesmanlike
Translations
German staatsmännisch
- staatsmännischlike a statesman
Irish státúil
- státúillike a statesman
Polish jak mąż stanu
- jak mąż stanulike a statesman
Swedish statsmannamässig
- statsmannamässiglike a statesman
Cite this entry
statesmanlike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/statesmanlike
“statesmanlike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/statesmanlike. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “statesmanlike,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/statesmanlike.
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