a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Rom. i. 31 Thei ben..vnwise, vnmanerli [L. inconpositos], withouten loue.

1535 W. Marshall tr. Marsilius of Padua Def. of Peace ii. xxvi. f. 114^v What so carlysshe or vnmanerlye sone of this countree.

1575 R. B. Apius & Virginia sig. Bij Haue ye hard such an vnmannerly villin?

a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iii. i. 371 An vnmannerly slaue, that will thrust himselfe into secrets. View more context for this quotation

a1627 W. Rowley & T. Middleton Wit at Severall Weapons iv. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Llllll3/2 Fall back,..you unmannerly puppy.

1653 R. Saunders Physiognomie i. 58 A rustick, unmannerly, dull person.

1730 H. Fielding Rape upon Rape iv. iv. 50 The Fright which that unmannerly Friend of yours occasioned.

1773 Gazetteer & New Daily Advertiser 16 Nov. Either in the first paragraph you are an unmannerly lyar, or in the latter you are an impudent lyar.

1827 R. Pollok Course of Time I. iii. 117 Comets rude, That should unmannerly and lawless drive Athwart the path of Earth.

1833 H. Martineau Brooke & Brooke Farm (ed. 3) 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.

1906 W. McAdoo Guarding Great City v. 67 A rude, unmannerly person sitting as police sergeant..has no place on the New York police force.

2001 Washington Post (Nexis) 2 Dec. f2 We don't want to appear unmannerly, so we politely pick up our napkins and continue with our meal.

c1450 (?c1425) St. Katherine of Siena l. 19 in Anglia (1885) 8 194 I wole make an ende of myn vnmanerly wordes.

c1450 (?c1425) St. Mary of Oignies i. vi, in Anglia (1885) 8 139 Vnsem and vnmanerly berynge of body.

?1510 T. More in tr. G. F. Pico della Mirandola Lyfe I. Picus sig. d.iv^v The company of the court..(as hit is ther vnmanerly maner) descanted therof.

1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 262 b If there were any reason in all these your unmanerly tauntes.

1639 J. Woodall Surgeons Mate (rev. ed.) Pref. sig. B Comparisons being odious and unmannerly amongst good men.

1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 122 Breaking his unmannerly Jests upon his own mistakes.

1722 D. Defoe Relig. Courtship i. i. 32 That's the unmannerliest Thing in the World.

1756 G. Washington Let. 24 Nov. in Papers (1984) Colonial Ser. IV. 30 I am very sorry any expression in my letter should be deemed unmannerly.

1846 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles xxx. 425 These ill-timed and unmannerly clamors.

1884 Manch. Examiner 27 Nov. 5/2 The opposition to Mr. Caine was singularly unmannerly.

1935 E. R. Eddison Mistress xiii. 257 You are a mannerless swine, and shall account to me for your unmannerly dealing.

1996 J. Morgan Debrett's New Guide Etiquette & Mod. Manners 79 Unseemly squabbles on the part of the once happy couple are both unmannerly and unproductive.

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 2339 Be not so gryndel; No mon here vn-manerly þe mys-boden habbe[ȝ].

a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 114 Þei..treted þe ladies onmanerly.

1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. cciii In prayeng thou bokest vnmanerly Spuynge vp thy prayers..vndeuoutly.

1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits xiii. 210 If..so they should deliuer vs their opinion..we would hold them importunate and vnmannerly brought vp.

1625 K. Long tr. J. Barclay Argenis v. xviii. 394 He, out of good manners, came close to him,..that that King might not be vnmannerly left alone in the midst of the roome.

1682 C. Irvine Hist. Sc. Nomencl. Ded. *iij b They would easily excuse him..that must, with the croud, unmannerly approach your Highness.

1722 R. Perkins Let. 24 Nov. in Early Hist. Don Navigation (1965) 60 Tho I am of opinion you (like our viccar) love to ruffle great men, as he said when he had once (unmannerly) contradicted his Honour.

1832 J. J. Blunt Reformation in Eng. 209 The Reformers..did not unmannerly reject those Offices of the Church.

1859 Ld. Tennyson Guinevere in Idylls of King 241 If I seem To vex an ear too sad to listen to me, Unmannerly, with prattling.

1932 T. E. Lawrence tr. Homer Odyssey iii We should be going, lest we sit unmannerly long at the table of the Gods.

1988 Washington Post Mag. 3 July 18/2 The mom spooning something out of a bowl, the kid sprawled unmannerly, one arm aloft in some inexplicable act of defiance.

?a1425 tr. Catherine of Siena Orcherd of Syon (Harl.) (1966) 116 Þe venym..was cast out of þe scorpyoun in liknes of gold, and so was resceyued vnmanerly & noþing manerly, wherfore it was turnyd to hem þat resceyueden it into venym.

R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 53 Fraward men þer ar, þat þer wyffis for þer bewte vnmanerly lufys.

c1460 Tree & 12 Frutes (McClean) (1960) 133 Axe not þi mete and þi drinke to gredily ne to hastily ne forto receyue it vnmanerly, but esily, sadly, and religiously.