unmannered
Example Sentences
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So says Johnny, a patient, constantly curious radio journalist portrayed by Joaquin Phoenix in a gratifyingly mellow, unmannered turn in “C’mon C’mon.”
From Washington Post ● Nov. 22, 2021
He stands in the doorway, drops his backpack and takes steps — simple and unmannered — to Chopin.
From New York Times ● May 6, 2021
He worshipped Diana Adams, a very clean-lined, long-legged, unmannered ballerina.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 3, 2018
He’s certainly appealing, in his rough-hewn way—Mr. Edgerton gives a solid, unmannered performance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 28, 2018
Some of them are unmannered, rough, intractable, as well as ignorant; but others are docile, have a wish to learn, and evince a disposition that pleases me.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
