Etymology

mannerly

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Today it means: Having good manners; polite. Full definition →

Middle English manerely
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  1. Middle English · inherited frommanerely
  2. English todaymannerly

From Middle English manerely, equivalent to manner + -ly.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.