释义 |
mannerliness|ˈmænəlɪnɪs| [f. next + -ness.] The quality of being mannerly.
1625Purchas Pilgrims ii. 1657 They eate all greedily and in haste, holding it mannerlinesse not to be long in eating. a1677Hale Prim. Orig. Man. i. i. 34 Out of a piece of mannerliness and respect to God. 1874T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd ix, Earnestness which consisted half of genuine feeling and half of mannerliness. |