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Webster 1913 Edition
Mannerly
Man′ner-ly
,Adj.
Showing good manners; civil; respectful; complaisant.
What thou thinkest meet, and is most
mannerly
. Shakespeare
Man′ner-ly
,adv.
With good manners.
Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Mannerly
MAN'NERLY
,Adj.
What thou think'st meet and is most mannerly.
MAN'NERLY
,adv.
Definition 2024
mannerly
mannerly
English
Adjective
mannerly (comparative more mannerly, superlative most mannerly)
- polite, having good manners
- 1593, William Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona
- Lucetta, as thou lov'st me, let me have / What thou think'st meet, and is most mannerly.
- 1861, Charlotte Yonge, The Young Step-Mother
- ...but Genevieve's laugh roused her again, partly because she thought it less mannerly than accorded with the girl's usual politeness.
- 1593, William Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona