unmannerly
Not mannerlyNot mannerly (“polite; having good manners”).
Meaning
1 senses(also, figuratively)Not mannerly (“polite; having good manners”).
- socially incorrect in behavior
Origin
From Middle English unmanerli (“of a person: disorderly, unruly; of conduct: inappropriateFrom Middle English unmanerli (“of a person: disorderly, unruly; of conduct: inappropriate, improper”), from un- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + manerli, manerly (“well-mannered; modest; customary; moral”). Manerli is derived from maner (“kind, sort; form, nature; circumstances; method, manner; outward behaviour, manners; morals; custom, usage; cause, reason”) (from Anglo-Norman, Old French manere (“fashion, manner, way”), from Latin manuārius (“of or pertaining to the hand”), from manus (“hand”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂- (“to beckon”)) + -li (suffix forming adjectives). The English word is analysable as un- + mannerly, and is cognate with Danish umanerlig, German unmanierlich, Middle Dutch onmanierlijc (modern Dutch onmanierlijk), Swedish omanerlig, West Frisian ûnmanearlik.
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Forms
more unmannerly/unmannerlier, most unmannerly/unmannerliest| Comparative | more unmannerly / unmannerlier Lesson |
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| Superlative | most unmannerly / unmannerliest Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
32 synonyms- socially incorrect in behavior:ill-manneredbad-manneredrudeunmannered
Antonyms
19 antonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form