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Webster 1913 Edition
Mannerliness
Man′ner-li-ness
,Noun.
The quality or state of being mannerly; civility; complaisance.
Sir M. Hale.
Webster 1828 Edition
Mannerliness
MAN'NERLINESS
,Noun.
Definition 2024
mannerliness
mannerliness
English
Noun
mannerliness (uncountable)
- politeness, good manners
- 1874, Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd
- ... occasionally showed some earnestness, which consisted half of genuine feeling, and half of mannerliness superadded by way of duty.
- 1874, Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd