mannerly

1. 1.

   socially correct in behavior

   Synonymswell-mannered

   Similarpolite

Questions about mannerly

What does mannerly mean?

mannerly means "socially correct in behavior".

How many syllables are in mannerly?

mannerly has 3 syllables: man-ner-ly. The stress falls on "man".

What is another word for mannerly?

Close synonyms include well-mannered. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mannerly a common word?

mannerly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.