Suitable vs Mannerly - What's the difference?
suitable | mannerly | Related terms |
Having sufficient or the required properties for a certain purpose or task; appropriate to a certain occasion.
polite, having good manners
* 1593, William Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona
* 1861, Charlotte Yonge, The Young Step-Mother
Suitable is a related term of mannerly.
As adjectives the difference between suitable and mannerly
is that suitable is having sufficient or the required properties for a certain purpose or task; appropriate to a certain occasion while mannerly is polite, having good manners.suitable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
* fit for purpose (British) * up to standard (British)Antonyms
* unsuitableDerived terms
* suitabilitySee also
* fit * meet * appropriate * apt * pertinent * seemly * eligible * consonant * corresponding * congruousExternal links
* * 1000 English basic wordsmannerly
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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.