Unmannerly
[ʌn'mænəlɪ] or [ʌn'mænɚli]
Definition
(a.) Not mannerly; ill-bred; rude.
(adv.) Uncivilly; rudely.
Typist: Shane
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Impolite, uncivil, uncourteous, ungracious, rude, rough, blunt, gruff, bearish, unmannered, ill-mannered, ill-bred.
Typist: Ursula
Definition
adj. not mannerly: ill-bred.—adv. in an unmannerly manner.—adj. Unmann′ered wanting in good manners: uncivil: rude.—n. Unmann′erliness state or quality of being unmannerly: want of good manners: rudeness.
Typist: Vilma
Examples
- Poor chips-in-porridge, you are very unmannerly. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- We should burst into the middle of them and stop the dance, and that would be unmannerly. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- What does this unmannerly boy mean,' asked Mr. Gradgrind, eyeing him in a sort of desperation, 'by Tight-Jeff? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- And I say you be unmannerly! Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
Typist: Vilma