mannerliness

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mannerliness

/ˈmænəɹlinəs/ Canada

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From Middle English manerlynes; equivalent to mannerly + -ness.

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uncountable politeness, 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.

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@misc{mannerliness_2026,
  title = {mannerliness},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mannerliness},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}