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▪ I. unˈmannerly, a.
[un-1 7. Cf. WFris. ûn-, onmenearlijk, MDu. onmanierlijc, G. unmanierlich; Da. umanerlig, Sw. omanerlig.]
1. Of persons: Devoid of manners; impolite; behaving rudely or discourteously.
1388Wyclif Rom. i. 31 Thei ben..vnwise, vnmanerli, withouten loue. 1575R. B. Appius & Virg. in Hazl. Dodsley IV. 121 Have ye heard such an unmannerly villain? 1591Shakes. Two Gent. iii. i. 393 An vnmannerly slaue, that will thrust himselfe into secrets. a1616Beaum. & Fl. Wit at Sev. Weapons iv. i, Fall back,..you unmannerly puppy. 1653R. Sanders Physiogn. 58 A rustick, unmannerly, dull person. 1730Fielding Rape upon Rape iv. iv, The Fright which that unmannerly Friend of yours occasioned. 1833H. Martineau Brooke Farm ii. 19 Billy was not fit to go into a gentleman's family, he was so unmannerly. 1885‘Mrs. Alexander’ Valerie's Fate iv, I fear you must think me very unmannerly, very rude.
transf.1827Pollok Course T. iii. 570 Comets rude, That should unmannerly and lawless drive Athwart the path of Earth.
2. Of actions, conduct, speech, etc.: Showing want of manners.
c1425in Anglia VIII. 139 Vnsem and vnmanerly berynge of body. Ibid. 194, I wole make an ende of myn vnmanerly wordes. c1510More Picus Wks. 15/1 The company of the court..(as it is their vnmanerly maner) descanted therof. 1581J. Bell Haddon's Answ. Osor. 262 b, If there were any reason in all these your unmanerly tauntes. 1617Woodall Surg. Mate Pref. (1639) B, Comparisons being odious and unmannerly amongst good men. 1699Bentley Phal. 122 Breaking his unmannerly Jests upon his own mistakes. 1722De Foe Relig. Courtsh. i. i. (1840) 29 That's the unmannerliest thing in the World. 1756Washington Let. to Dinwiddie 24 Nov., I am very sorry any expression in my letter should be deemed unmannerly. 1846Trench Mirac. xxx. 425 These ill-timed and unmannerly clamors. 1884Manch. Exam. 27 Nov. 5/2 The opposition to Mr. Caine was singularly unmannerly.
▪ II. unˈmannerly, adv.
[un-1 11.]
1. In an unmannerly fashion; with lack of good manners; impolitely.
13..Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 2339 Be not so gryndel; No mon here vn-manerly þe mys-boden habbe[z]. 1460J. Capgrave Chron. (Rolls) 145 Thei..treted the ladies onmanerly. 1509Barclay Shyp of Folys (1570) 192 In praying thou bokest vnmanerly, Spuing vp thy prayers..vndeuoutly. 1594Carew Huarte's Exam. Wits 210 If..so they should deliuer vs their opinion..we would hold them importunate and vn⁓mannerly brought vp. 1625K. Long tr. Barclay's Argenis v. xviii. 394 He, out of good manners, came close to him,..that the King might not be unmannerly left alone in the midst of the roome. 1682C. Irvine Hist. Scot. Nomencl. Ded. *iij b, They would easily excuse him..that must, with the croud, unmannerly approach your Highness. 1832J. J. Blunt Reform. in Eng. 209 The Reformers..did not unmannerly reject those Offices of the Church. 1859Tennyson Guinevere 314 If I seem To vex an ear too sad to listen to me, Unmannerly, with prattling.
†2. Improperly, immoderately. Obs.—1
1435Misyn Fire of Love 53 Fraward men þer ar, þat þer wyffis for þer bewte vnmanerly lufys. |