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unmannerly.

Not mannerly (“polite; having good manners”).

10 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ʌnˈmænəli/Received-Pronunciation/ˌʌnˈmænɚli/General-American/ˌən-/General-American
  1. Not mannerly (“polite; having good manners”).

    also · figuratively
Where this word comes from

From Middle English unmanerli (“of a person: disorderly, unruly; of conduct: inappropriate, improper”), from un- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + manerli, manerly (“well-mannered; modest; customary; moral”). Manerli is derived from maner (“kind, sort; form, nature; circumstances; method, manner; outward behaviour, manners; morals; custom, usage; cause, reason”) (from Anglo-Norman, Old French manere (“fashion, manner, way”), from Latin manuārius (“of or pertaining to the hand”), from manus (“hand”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂- (“to beckon”)) + -li (suffix forming adjectives). The English word is analysable as un- + mannerly, and is cognate with Danish umanerlig, German unmanierlich, Middle Dutch onmanierlijc (modern Dutch onmanierlijk), Swedish omanerlig, West Frisian ûnmanearlik.

adv/ʌnˈmænəli/Received-Pronunciation/ˌʌnˈmænɚli/General-American/ˌən-/General-American
  1. In a way that is not mannerly; discourteously, rudely.

    archaic
Where this word comes from

From Middle English unmanerli (“discourteously, rudely; excessively, unrestrainedly”) [and other forms], from un- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + manerli, manerly (“with good manners, courteously; in accordance with custom or propriety, appropriately, becomingly, properly; respectfully”). Manerli is derived from maner (“kind, sort; form, nature; circumstances; method, manner; outward behaviour, manners; morals; custom, usage; cause, reason”) (see further at etymology 1) + -li (suffix forming adverbs). The English word is analysable as un- + mannerly, and is cognate with Middle Dutch onmanierlike (modern Dutch onmanierlijk).

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