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manners | mannerly |

As a noun manners

is plural of lang=en.

As an adjective mannerly is

polite, having good manners.

manners

English

Noun

(head)
  • Etiquette (always plural in this sense).

    • Derived terms

    * good manners * bad manners * well-mannered * ill-mannered * table manners English pluralia tantum English plurals

    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