mannerly
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Taking a mannerly and unquestioning approach to Horton Foote’s well-worn 1953 work, with a hint of costume-drama deliberateness, director Michael Wilson’s production seems happy to operate by an old-fashioned playbook.
From Washington Post • Oct. 3, 2022
Whedon told New York magazine he was "not mannerly" with Carpenter when she told him she was pregnant, but denied having ever called her fat.
From BBC • Jan. 18, 2022
Playing without fans in August likely contributed to the mannerly game, the Rave Green preparing to do the same Sunday when Portland visits CenturyLink Field.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 5, 2020
At the previous debate, Mr. Biden quickly abandoned mannerly efforts to draw contrasts with her, and other high-polling rivals had until Tuesday largely refrained from issuing piercing criticism onstage.
From New York Times • Oct. 15, 2019
The other waited a moment as if expecting some more mannerly response, and getting none straightened up and turned a little aside.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Vocabulary lists containing mannerly
The Winter's Tale
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Two Gentlemen of Verona
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