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Word entry · 8 letters

mannerly

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"Well-behaved"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈmænəɹli/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aelmnnryStarts with MEnds with Y1 clues
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Definitions

  1. socially correct in behavior

Word origin

From Middle English manerely, equivalent to manner + -ly.

Used in a sentence

  • Lucetta, as thou lov'st me, let me have / What thou think'st meet, and is most mannerly.
  • Tut, tut, here is a mannerly forbearance: / The truth appeares ſo naked on my ſide, / That any purblind eye may find it out.
  • 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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