But Lily was a "mannerly" member of good society, if her circle was small, and she was not to be taken back by any compliment. From Wordnik.com. [The Speaker, No. 5: Volume II, Issue 1 December, 1906.] Reference
M. O'BRIEN: Peter Post, a man with mannerly genes. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 6, 2005] Reference
You can be informal, but you can still be mannerly. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 29, 2002] Reference
“And it be right mannerly of thee to be so prompt.”. From Wordnik.com. [Tai-Pan]
Like most West Texas crowds, it was quiet and mannerly. From Wordnik.com. [Deanie Mills: How Winning A Coin Toss Made Me An Obama Delegate] Reference
“You are not over and above mannerly,” answered the. From Wordnik.com. [The Blue Fairy Book] Reference
I have never seen more mannerly people than our hussars. From Wordnik.com. [The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12] Reference
As such things go in showbiz, the move was quite mannerly. From Wordnik.com. [Doing It His Way] Reference
"For the most part, our supporters are polite and mannerly.". From Wordnik.com. [Paul's Supporters Clash With Media] Reference
Taylor let a well-shaped eyebrow arch in mannerly disbelief. From Wordnik.com. [A Taste for Burning]
Hard-working, mannerly, tends to keep his mouth shut, they said. From Wordnik.com. [The Luxembourg Run]
Quiet he was, and the most mannerly of the barbarians seated here. From Wordnik.com. [The Eternal Mercenary]
On one level, he was always the most mannerly and courteous of men. From Wordnik.com. [President Reagan: A Role of a Lifetime] Reference
They have excellent fashion sense and are well-spoken and mannerly. From Wordnik.com. [thursday's first stuff] Reference
Knife and Fork, and are too mannerly to talk with their Mouths full. From Wordnik.com. [A Learned Dissertation on Dumpling (1726) [and] Pudding and Dumpling Burnt to Pot. Or a Compleat Key to the Dissertation on Dumpling (1727)] Reference
"You treat him so badly," she said, "and he's so fine and mannerly.". From Wordnik.com. [Earthly Possessions]
"Maybe they'd be more mannerly, with people they didn't know so well.". From Wordnik.com. [Books: “Nothing Right”] Reference
She might as weB practice how to eat in mannerly wise with her fingers. From Wordnik.com. [The Magic May Return]
I would be rid of his fine and mannerly presence, eternally showing me up. From Wordnik.com. [Earthly Possessions]
She was, to the end, a gentlewoman of the old school, gracious and mannerly. From Wordnik.com. [Remembering Katharine Graham] Reference
He is a soft-spoken, mannerly man, with measured speech and graceful movements. From Wordnik.com. [A Thousand Splendid Suns]
Jagang roared again, a beastly sound out of place for such a mannerly bedchamber. From Wordnik.com. [Men Don't Leave Me] Reference
Hy was cautious with me that day, mannerly but guarded, as I could well understand. From Wordnik.com. [We Remember - Eleanor Hatkin Freedman, 1924 - 1974] Reference
The prince was hungry enough, but he was too mannerly to eat without being invited. From Wordnik.com. [The Lilac Fairy Book] Reference
Some other naughtie body would peraduenture haue construed it not halfe so mannerly. From Wordnik.com. [The Arte of English Poesie] Reference
But they have one virtue, they are all very mannerly, and none more so than my old Gieshübler. From Wordnik.com. [The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12] Reference
POST: Well, I'm glad it's only occasionally that you come across children that aren't mannerly. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 29, 2002] Reference
Everything clean and in its place, the men were well-ordered and mannerly, no sign of rowdiness. From Wordnik.com. [The Eternal Mercenary]
Haven't you always found that the reaction of the French to strangers is almost always mannerly?. From Wordnik.com. [Les Citoyens de la France, C'est Moi, Tony] Reference
But when they fed they would put their feet in the trough, and this was not very mannerly of them. From Wordnik.com. [Woodside or, Look, Listen, and Learn.] Reference
Despite her rants against him when he wasn't around, Nana was subdued and mannerly when Jalil visited. From Wordnik.com. [A Thousand Splendid Suns]
Though he could not see why he was supposed to be mannerly to the Aes Sedai while she tried to lead him on a leash. From Wordnik.com. [The Fires of Heaven]
Charleston, South Carolina has won top billing from a national etiquette expert as the most mannerly city in the U.S. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Saturday Morning News: Silicon Valley Tech Boom Forces Out Longtime Residents - November 25, 2000] Reference
I'm sure that it was very cordial, very mannerly, probably some discussion about raising young children in the White House. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 7, 2009] Reference
I was now about ten years old, and began to look a little womanish, for I was mighty grave and humble, very mannerly, and as. From Wordnik.com. [Moll Flanders] Reference
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