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Mannerly vs Mannered - What's the difference?

mannerly | mannered |

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)
  • polite, having good manners
  • * 1593, William Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona
  • Lucetta, as thou lov'st me, let me have / What thou think'st meet, and is most mannerly .
  • * 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.

    Derived terms

    * mannerliness

    mannered

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having manners or (often excessive) mannerisms.
  • His upbringing had led him to act in an overly mannered way.

    See also

    * well mannered * bad mannered * ill mannered