mannerly

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

MAN'NERLY, adjective Decent in external deportment; civil; respectful; complaisant; not rude or vulgar. What thou think'st meet and is most mannerly MAN'NERLY, adverb With civility; respectfully; without rudeness.
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