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mannerly

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Canada/ˈmænəɹli/New Zealand/ˈmɛnɘliː/

mannerly adjective: having good manners; polite.

Adjective

mannerly (comparative more mannerly, superlative most mannerly)

  1. Having good manners; polite.
    • Lucetta, as thou lov'st me, let me have / What thou think'st meet, and is most mannerly.c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
    • Tut, tut, here is a mannerly forbearance: / The truth appeares ſo naked on my ſide, / That any purblind eye may find it out.1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Adverb

mannerly (comparative more mannerly, superlative most mannerly)

  1. With good manners; politely.

mannerly meaning in Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

mannerly in Urdu

باتمیز, خوش اخلاق, مہذب

mannerly in Bengali

ভদ্র, বিনয়ী

mannerly in Malayalam

polite, courteous, well mannered
മര്യാദയുള്ള, അഗർവ്വ, വിനയമുള്ള, വെെനയിക, നീത, വിനീത

Forms of mannerly

Adjective
comparativemore mannerly
superlativemost mannerly
Adverb
comparativemore mannerly
superlativemost mannerly

Origin of mannerly

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

Words formed from mannerly

Questions about mannerly

What does mannerly mean?
Mannerly means having good manners; polite.
What is mannerly in Urdu?
Mannerly in Urdu is باتمیز, خوش اخلاق, مہذب. See Mannerly meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is mannerly?
Mannerly can be an adjective or an adverb.
How do you pronounce mannerly?
Mannerly is pronounced /ˈmænəɹli/ (Canada).

Words near mannerly in the dictionary

  1. mannerizing
  2. mannerless
  3. mannerlessly
  4. mannerlessness
  5. mannerliness
  6. mannerly
  7. mannerpunk
  8. manners
  9. manners maketh man
  10. manners of articulation
  11. manners of death

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mannerly (page history and authors); mannerly (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mannerly (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mannerly (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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