mannerliness

noun

mannerliness

noun

CA /ˈmænəɹlinəs/

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

1

politeness, good manners

  • 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.

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