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[ UK /mˈænəli/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. socially correct in behavior

How To Use mannerly In A Sentence

  • A more self-assured, unfailingly polite and mannerly man never existed.
  • Chase is weird… that would be impolite… unmannerly.
  • He looks sexy. But still, he is mannerly as usual.
  • Trying to approach this gentle and mannerly retired professor about what seems to be going wrong, Miller encounters the deep stubbornness at the core of his being.
  • Yet, the possibility always remains that the signifying capabilities of the tongue, and, more generally, the body will exceed the narrow scope of its assignment, becoming rude, unmannerly, undisciplined, and uncivilized.
  • These have led to some perilous moments, especially when the public's unmannerly curiosity about the nitty-gritty collides with radio phone-ins.
  • It's a mean competition, too - one that can turn sensible, mannerly, child-loving parents and educators into hard, calculating, and paranoid operators.
  • By not allowing Anthony Mascheck undisturbed sharing of his point of view as a former military man, the group demonstrated their disinterest in engaging in a mannerly debate and exposed their true desire to provoke and instigate. Marco Reininger: ROTC at Columbia University: Regarding the Heckling of a Veteran
  • And I felt angry for a moment, I thought, how unmannerly, how unlike me or him, to come equipped with an accessory I would never have dreamed of possessing.
  • It's ignorant and unmannerly to engage in this practice.
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