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Unmannerly vs Brash - What's the difference?

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Unmannerly is a related term of brash.


As adjectives the difference between unmannerly and brash

is that unmannerly is not mannerly while brash is impetuous or rash or brash can be (us|colloquial|dated) brittle, as wood or vegetables.

As an adverb unmannerly

is in a way that is not mannerly.

As a noun brash is

leaf litter of small leaves and little twigs as found under a hedge.

unmannerly

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not mannerly.

    • Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a way that is not mannerly.
  • * Shakespeare
    • their daggers unmannerly breeched with gore

    brash

    English

    Etymology 1

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • impetuous or rash
    • (Grose)
  • insensitive or tactless
  • impudent or shameless

    • Noun

  • Leaf litter of small leaves and little twigs as found under a hedge.
  • A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness.
  • (geology) Broken and angular rock fragments underlying alluvial deposits.
    • (Lyell)
  • Broken fragments of ice.
    • (Kane)
    Derived terms
    * water brash * weaning brash

    Etymology 2

    Compare Amer. (bresk), (brusk), fragile, brittle.

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • (US, colloquial, dated) brittle, as wood or vegetables
    • (Bartlett)
    (Webster 1913) ----