mannerly (manerli)

[ What thou think est meet and is most mannerly . Shak., T. G. of V., ii. 7. 58. Within four days I am gone, so he commands me, And 'tis not mannerly for me to argue it. Fletcher, Rule a Wife, iv. 3. =Syn. Courteous, polite, gentlemanly. mannerly (man'er-li), adv. [ Thanne seruyd he the quene att euery mele, Bothe att hir mete and soper decently, The whiche he dede full wele and manerly . Generydes (E. E. T. S.), 1. 468. We'll mannerly demand thee of thy story. Shak ., Cymbeline, iii. 6. 92.