English Explanatory Dictionary

unmannerly

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Not mannerly (“polite; having good manners”).
adv
  1. In a way that is not mannerly; discourteously, rudely.

Pronunciation

/ʌnˈmænəli/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-unmannerly.wav /ˌʌnˈmænɚli/ /ˌən-/

Word forms

unmannerly more unmannerly unmannerlier most unmannerly unmannerliest

Etymology

From 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.

Synonyms

discourteous impolite rude uncivil aweless improper bad-mannered barbaric bold bumptious crude churlish impudent gauche ill-bred ill-mannered incivil insolent lack-grace mismannered rantipole rough uncivilized uncourteous uncouth uncultured underbred unmannerly unpolished unpolite unrefined impolitely uncivilly

Antonyms

mannerly civil civilized complaisant correct courteous cultivated fair-mannered genteel polished polite politic reasonable refined urbane well-behaved well-mannered well-bred
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