单词 | mannerliness |
释义 | mannerlinessn. The quality of being mannerly; politeness, courteousness. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [noun] > good manners or polite behaviour mannersa1425 mannerlinessa1500 behavioura1601 etiquette1757 company manners1798 party manners1873 a1500 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 373 (MED) Kepe manerlynes, kepe ryȝtewysnes. 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes ii. 1657 They eate all greedily and in haste, holding it mannerlinesse not to be long in eating. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) i. i. 34 Out of a piece of mannerliness and respect to God. 1691 J. Dunton Voy. round World III. i. 27 When I am at a Feast, the perplexity of Mannerliness will not let me feed. 1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd I. ix. 120 Earnestness, which consisted half of genuine feeling, and half of..mannerliness. 1970 W. Berry Hidden Wound v There was always a reserve about her, an almost haughty mannerliness that gave a peculiar sense of occasion to these visits. 1997 J. Updike Toward End of Time 185 But his natural Christian mannerliness spared me any details that might have made me jealous. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1500 |
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