"Mannerly" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... librarian is much "dressed up" and can take time to play that she is an agreeable hostess, all children, whether little aristocrats or arabs, enter into the civilized spirit of the occasion and become more mannerly. ...
— Library Work with Children • Alice I. Hazeltine
... Mannerly-hearted! more than handsome face— Beauty's bearing or muse of mounting vein, All, in this case, bathed in high hallowing grace . ...
— Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins - Now First Published • Gerard Manley Hopkins
... should always say what's true, And speak when he is spoken to, And behave mannerly at table: At least as far ...
— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) • Robert Louis Stevenson
... 886; pay attentions to; do homage to &c (respect) 928. prostrate oneself &c (worship) 990. give one's duty to, send one's duty to, &c n.. render polite &c adj.; polish, civilize, humanize. Adj. courteous, polite, civil, mannerly, urbane; well-behaved, well- mannered, well-bred, well-brought up; good-mannered, polished, civilized, cultivated; refined &c (taste) 850; gentlemanlike &c (fashion) 852 [Obs.]; gallant; on one's good behavior. fine spoken, fair spoken, soft-spoken; ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget
... lordship's passing mannerly in jest; But that you may perceive we smell your drift, We both will sit, and ...
— A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Vol. VII (4th edition) • Various
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