unmannerly

Example Sentences

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Erasmus wrote that "sucking back saliva" was "unmannerly".

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2021

Curiously, in the unmannerly environs of Salt Lake City.

From Washington Post • Mar. 31, 2019

About her hirsute new boyfriend, she writes: “Heist was as unmannerly, as dour and self-enclosed, as an emo guitarist packing in after a poorly attended gig at a bar in Greenpoint.”

From New York Times • Nov. 5, 2018

In many realms of life, a boor’s rude, unmannerly nature can be forgivable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2018

Big Ma said, “That’s not how I raised you two—telling your elders what you want and don’t want. Just as unmannerly as a seal on strike at the circus.”

From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia