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unˈmannerliness
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The condition or fact of being unmannerly.
1580Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Incivilité, vnmanerlines, vncurtesie. 1598Hakluyt Voy. I. 586 Moreouer he noteth much vnmanerlinesse of eating and drinking at bankets. c1629Donne Serm. Wks. 1839 V. 16 It were un⁓mannerliness to hold you longer in the Entry. 1647H. More Song of Soul Ded. A 2 b, What a piece of Unmannerlinesse and Incivility it would be held to seem wiser then them. 1699Locke Educ. (ed. 4) 263 A sort of Unmannerliness very apt to grow up with young People. a1782Bp. Newton Wks. II. 681 The unmannerliness and unruliness of some of his subjects. |