unmannerliness

Example Sentences

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The Latins there were vexed with his apparent unmannerliness.

From Time Magazine Archive

Clara's headache above, and Dr. Middleton's unmannerliness below, affected his instincts in a way to make him apprehend that a stroke of misfortune was impending; thunder was in the air.

From The Egoist by Meredith, George

At the water-places, there is an unrestrained outpouring of unmannerliness.

From The works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 5 Une Vie and Other Stories by Maupassant, Guy de

But tell us, Crœsus," we continued, in the form of Socratic dialogue, "did you find at Boston that multiple unmannerliness which you say is apparent from the vast increase of adoptive citizens?

From Imaginary Interviews by Howells, William Dean

Rejoined the youth, "Verily thine unmannerliness hath made thee known to me, in that thou spakest to me, without beginning by the salutation."

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 04 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir