Mannerly

Definition: Mannerly

Mannerly

Adjective

1. Socially correct in behavior.

Date "mannerly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

Synonym: Mannerly

Synonym: well-mannered (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Courtesy	Adjective: courteous, polite, civil, mannerly, urbane; well-behaved, well-mannered, well-bred, well-brought up; good-mannered, polished, civilized, cultivated; refined; (taste); gentlemanlike; (fashion); gallant; on one's good behavior.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Mannerly

English words defined with "mannerly": Mannerliness. (references)

Specialty definitions using "mannerly": SPOOKER. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Well, I'm talking about mannerly things Mr. Bishop. (Bandolero!; writing credit: James Lee Barrett; Stanley Hough)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	How to Cope With an Artichoke and Other Mannerly Mishaps (Manners for Living) (reference) The Mannerly Adventures of Little Mouse (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	SPOOKER, n. A writer whose imagination concerns itself with supernatural phenomena, especially in the doings of spooks. One of the most illustrious spookers of our time is Mr. William D. Howells, who introduces a well-credentialed reader to as respectable and mannerly a company of spooks as one could wish to meet. To the terror that invests the chairman of a district school board, the Howells ghost adds something of the mystery enveloping a farmer from another township.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Mannerly" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Mannerly" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adverb (general)	100%	2	245,945

Language		Translations for "mannerly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		i sjellshëm (amiable, bland, complaisant, courteous, courtly, delicate, discreet, fair-spoken, gallant, genteel, good, kind, kindly, nice, polite, suave, well bred, well mannered, well-behaved), i edukuar (educated, fair-spoken, highbred, ladylike, polite, thoroughbred, trained, well bred, well educated, well-conducted). (various references)

Arabic		‏مهذب (civil, civilized, corrected, courteous, cultivated, cultured, discipliner, educated, educator, fair-spoken, gentleman, polished, polite, preceptor, purified, rectified, refined, respectable, teacher, urbane, well bred, well mannered), ‏مؤدب (educated, gallant, gentleman, kind, kindly, polite, preceptor, urbane), ‏مربى (butter, educator, trained), ‏تصرف بتهذيب, ‏دمث (affable, courteous, gentle, mild, pleasant, suave). (various references)

Bulgarian		учтив (attentive, civil, courteous, fair-spoken, forthcoming, polite, suave, urbane, well mannered), възпитан (civilized, educated). (various references)

Czech		zpùsobný (well mannered, well-conducted), uhlazený (courtly, genteel, graceful, polite, refined, sleek, slick, urbane). (various references)

Farsi		مودب (Courteous, Courtly, Debonair, Decorous, Housebroken, Nice, Respectful, Suave, Unselfish, Urbane), باتربیت (Gentle). (various references)

French		poli, gentil, courtois, bien élevé (well mannered). (various references)

German		manierlich. (various references)

Greek		καλομαθημένοσ, με καλούσ τρόπουσ, με ευγενείσ τρόπουσ, ευγενικόσ (amiable, civil, complaisant, considerate, courteous, courtly, genteel, gracious, kind, polite, urbane). (various references)

Hebrew		מ� ומס (civil, courteous, decorous, gentleman, polite, suave, tactful), א�"יב (affable, civil, courteous, gallant, genial, gracious, kind, kindly, obliging, polite, suave, well mannered), � ימוסי (courteous, polite). (various references)

Hungarian		udvarias (affable, bland, civil, civil-spoken, complacent, complaisant, courteous, courtly, fair-spoken, neighborly, neighbourly, obliging, polite, to be gracious to sy, to wrap up his censure in a polite formula, urbane, well-mannered). (various references)

Italian		cortese (accommodating, affable, bland, complaisant, courteous, friendly, good-natured, gracious, kind, neighborly, neighbourly, obliging, polite, respectful, urbane, well-mannered). (various references)

Pig Latin		annerlymay

Portuguese		urbanidade (suavity, urbanity), polido (attentive, cleanly cut, courtly, gentle, glossy, neat, net, polish, polished, polite, precise, shiny, sleek, sleeky, smooth, specular, urbane, well bred, well spoken), delicado (airy, attentive, chivalrous, civil, complaisant, considerate, courteous, courtly, dainty, delicate, exquisite, fasting, fine, Flossy, fragile, frail, gaunt, gentle, gingery, kid glove, Kittle, lean, neighborly, neighbourly, nice, out and out, pernickety, polite, refined, scabrous, sensitive, sensory, sleazy, slender, slight, sophisticated, tactful, tender, thin, ticklish, urbane, well-made), cortês (chivalrous, civil, complimentary, courteous, debonair, neighborly, neighbourly, parliament cake, polite, respectful, soft, suave, urbane, well bred). (various references)

Romanian		manierat (attentive, ceremonious, courteous, courteously, courtly, genteel, gentle, gentlemanlike, mannered, well bred, well mannered, well-behaved), maneriat, politicos (attentive, civil, complaisant, complimentary, considerate, courteous, fair, genteel, gentlemanlike, parliamentary, polite, politely, respectful, well bred), bine crescut (cultured, maiden, maidenly). (various references)

Russian		воспитанный (gentlemanlike, well mannered, well-conducted, well-mannered). (various references)

Scottish		modhail (polite). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		učtivo (blandly, civilly, obligingly, politely, well spoken). (various references)

Spanish		educado (cult, educated, polite, trained, well mannered), cortés (attentive, civil, complaisant, courteous, courtly, debonair, gallant, genteel, gracious, polite, suave, urbane, well bred, well mannered, well-mannered). (various references)

Swedish		väluppfostrad (well bred, well educated, well mannered, well-behaved, well-brought-up, well-educated, well-mannered). (various references)

Turkish		terbiyeli bir biçimde (decently), terbiyeli (blushing, civil-spoken, decent, decorous, polite, proper, seasoned, well mannered, well-behaved), nazik (affable, attentive, brittle, civil, civilized, civil-spoken, complaisant, considerate, courteous, dainty, debonair, debonaire, decent, delicate, distingue, Douce, eggshell, exquisite, fair, genteel, gentle, gracious, kid glove, kind, mild, obliging, parliamentary, polished, polite, suave, sweet-natured, tender, ticklish, tickly, touchy, trickish, tricky, urbane, well disposed), kibarca (aristocratically, civilly, gently, in style, mildly, nicely, politely, sweetly). (various references)

Ukranian		чемний (affable, attentive, civil, courteous, debonair, gentlemanly, well spoken), ввічливий (affable, bland, civil, complaisant, conventional, courteous, courtly, debonair, diplomatic, discreet, polite, respectful, suave, urbane). (various references)

Welsh		moesgar (polite). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words ending with "mannerly": unmannerly. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Mannerly" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Annersley, dancerly, manely, Meneely, Minnigrey, Monnery, Nunnerley. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-l-m-n-n-r-y"
	-2 letters: almner, lanner, laymen, manner, meanly, namely, nearly.
	-3 letters: early, lamer, layer, learn, leary, leman, manly, marly, mealy, meany, namer, ramen, realm, relay, reman, renal, yamen, yearn.
	-4 letters: aery, alme, amen, amyl, army, aryl, earl, earn, elan, elmy, eyra, lame, lane, lean, lear, lyre, male, mane, many, mare, marl, meal, mean, merl, myna, name, nary, near, nema, rale, real, ream, rely, yare, yarn, yean, year, ylem.
	-5 letters: ale, ane, any, are, arm, aye, ear, elm, era, ern, lam, lar, lay, lea, ley, lye, mae, man, mar, may, mel, men, nae, nam, nan, nay, ram, ran, ray, rem, rya, rye, yam, yar, yea, yen.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-l-m-n-n-r-y"
	+2 letters: laundrymen, unmannerly.
	+3 letters: innumerably, permanently.
	+4 letters: interminably, ornamentally, underlayment, unmanneredly.
	+5 letters: impermanently, incrementally, nonelementary, predominantly, remonstrantly, underlayments.
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