Mannerly

//ˈmænəɹli//

Synonyms for "mannerly" (42 found)

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Closest matches (9)

courteous polite accommodatingly amiable attentively ceremonious chivalrously civil civilly

Strong matches (12)

complacently complaisant complaisantly correct courteously courtly debonair decent decorous deferentially gallant gallantly

Related words (21)

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Synonyms

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ceremonious civil complaisant courteous polite refined respectful well behaved well bred well mannered

derived

2 entries

mannerliness unmannerly

derived from

1 entries

manner

related to

2 entries

manners polite

similar

1 entries

polite

Sample sentences

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Lucetta, as thou lov'st me, let me have / What thou think'st meet, and is most mannerly.

Source: wiktionary

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.

Source: wiktionary

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