Definitions
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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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Well-behaved”8 letters
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