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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.
Decent in external deportment; civil; respectful; complaisant; not rude or vulgar.
What thou think'st meet and is most mannerly.

MAN'NERLY

,
adv.
With civility; respectfully; without rudeness.

Definition 2024


mannerly

mannerly

English

Adjective

mannerly (comparative more mannerly, superlative most mannerly)

  1. 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.

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