Mannerly vs Mannered - What's the difference?
mannerly | mannered |
polite, having good manners
* 1593, William Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona
* 1861, Charlotte Yonge, The Young Step-Mother
Having manners or (often excessive) mannerisms.
As adjectives the difference between mannerly and mannered
is that mannerly is polite, having good manners while mannered is having manners or (often excessive) mannerisms.mannerly
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Lucetta, as thou lov'st me, let me have / What thou think'st meet, and is most mannerly .
- ...but Genevieve's laugh roused her again, partly because she thought it less mannerly than accorded with the girl's usual politeness.
Derived terms
* mannerlinessmannered
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- His upbringing had led him to act in an overly mannered way.
