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▪ I. mannerly, a.|ˈmænəlɪ|
[f. manner n.1 + -ly1.]
†1. Seemly, decent, respectable, modest. Obs.
13..Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 1656 Mony aþel songez..& carolez newe, With alle þe manerly merþe þat mon may of telle. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. vi. xiii. (1495) 198 A good spouse and wyfe is..manerly [L. modesta] in clothynge. 1523Test. Ebor. (Surtees) V. 171 As moche clothe as shall make them a manerly garmente. 1526Tindale 1 Tim. ii. 9 That they arraye them selves in manerly [1534 comlye] aparell with shamfastnes. 1596Harington Metam. Ajax (1814) 4 A tale..more merry than mannerly. 1600Holland Livy iii. xxvi. 106 But first he brushed off the dust, and wiped away his sweat, and made himselfe somewhat mannerly. 1647N. Bacon Disc. Govt. Eng. i. xliv. (1739) 72 [He] possessed himself of the long-desired prey; and yet he did it in a mannerly way. 1655Fuller Ch. Hist. ix. vi. §19 A modest, and manerly, (alias) a crafty, and cunning begging of a contribution of the Catholick party. 1697Collier Immor. Stage ii. (1698) 72 A very mannerly story!
†2. Moral, well-conducted. Obs.
c1400tr. Secreta Secret., Govt. Lordsh. 62 Techinges ful specyals and manerlys [L. moralia]. 1535Coverdale 1 Tim. iii. 2 A Biszhoppe must be..sober discrete, manerly, harberous. 1549Coverdale, etc. Erasm. Par. 1 Tim. 2 This Timothee beyng an honest manierly towarde yonge man and well learned in holy scriptures.
3. Of persons, their actions, etc.: Characterized by good manners; well-mannered; polite.
a1529Skelton Wks. (Dyce) I. 28 Manerly Margery Mylk and Ale. 1573Tusser Husb. (1878) 175 That pewter is neuer for manerly feastes, that daily doth serue so vnmanerly beastes. 15841st Voy. Virginia in Hakluyt's Voy. (1589) 729 In their behauiour as mannerly, and ciuill, as any of Europe. a1639W. Whately Prototypes iii. xxxix. (1640) 5 Learne how to carry yourselves to your Parents; if they call you, come, and give them dutifull and mannerly answers. 1676Wycherley Pl. Dealer ii. (1735) 51 Be you mannerly to her, because you are to pretend only to be her squire. 1742Fielding J. Andrews iv. ix, The little boy..was chid by his mother for not being more mannerly. 1822Scott Nigel i, Jin Vin, was so full of his gibes, and his jeers,..and so mannerly all the while. 1887Spectator 2 Apr. 458/2 Criticism must be truthful, but it may also be mannerly.
▪ II. ˈmannerly, adv.
[f. manner n.1 + -ly2.]
†1. In a seemly manner, decently, becomingly, properly. Obs.
13..E.E. Allit. P. B. 91 Ful manerly with marchal mad for to sitte. 1375Barbour Bruce iii. 72 He mycht, mar manerlik, Lyknyt hym to Gaudifer de Laryss. c1460J. Russell Bk. Nurture 923 Kover with a keuerlyte clenly þat bed so manerly made. 1493in Somerset Medieval Wills (1901) 306 Myn executours according to reason manerly for there labour rewarded. 1577B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. (1586) 125 They [asses] be very apt to be taught, so as at this day in Alcayre you shall have them daunce very manerly. 1596in Harington's Metam. Ajax Let. to Author A iij b, As you haue told in verse a baudy tale or two in Orland mannerly. 1615Crooke Body of Man 65 Aristotle calleth them ἴσχια,..we call it mannerly the seate. 1621–31Laud Sev. Serm. (1847) 9 Such a superior [as God] cannot be called into the Assembly mannerly, but by ‘prayer’. 1647Trapp Comm. Rom. xiii. 13 Let us walk honestly. Handsomely, fashionably, mannerly, with an holy shamefacednes.
2. With good manners; politely, courteously.
1519W. Horman Vulg. 62 Whether thou do a thynge in iape or in ernest do it manerlye. 1535Coverdale Ecclus. xxxi. 16 Eate the thinge that is set before the, manerly. 1611Shakes. Cymb. iii. vi. 92 When we haue supp'd Wee'l mannerly demand thee of thy Story. 1677Hale Contempl. ii. 88 Lust must not be mannerly treated withall, but flatly denyed. 1704Norris Ideal World ii. xii. 471 We are afraid lest she should have too many [guests], and accordingly very mannerly withdraw. 1832H. Martineau Hill & Valley vii. 110 It would be well if he behaved himself a little more mannerly.
†3. Morally. Obs.
1566Acts & Constit. Scotl. To Rdr. {cross} iij, Gif thay will not onlie leif, bot als manerlie, weill, and godlie leif. |