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Mannerliness

//ˈmænəɹlinəs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    politeness, good manners uncountable

    "1874, Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd ... occasionally showed some earnestness, which consisted half of genuine feeling, and half of mannerliness superadded by way of duty."

Etymology

From Middle English manerlynes; equivalent to mannerly + -ness.

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