mannerly
- s socially correct in behavior
- But the true subject is reticence, its charms and perils -- the mannerly, orderly life that most of us try to live.
- Quiet and mannerly, he apparently reaped $140,000 for his surreptitious services over the years.
- Which is to say that he is an Englishman, well practiced in masking pain and absurdity and descents into sheer goofiness with mannerly behavior, sly irony and stiff upper lips.