Meanings
nounmannerliness (uncountable)
- uncountablepoliteness, good manners
1874, Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd ... occasionally showed some earnestness, which consisted half of genuine feeling, and half of mannerliness superadded by way of duty.
Origin
- Middle Englishmanerlynes
- Englishmannerliness
From Middle English manerlynes; equivalent to mannerly + -ness.
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mannerliness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mannerliness
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“mannerliness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mannerliness. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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