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"It seems my . . . garden is in bloom," she confesses to Agatha, who is confused at first, before picking up Violet's code: the mannerly widow is feeling unexpectedly merry again.

But their contrasting styles were on vivid display, with the more mannerly Youngkin making jabs at Democrats while Cruz fired bombs.

I thought important men were supposed to be more polite and mannerly.

And his long, mannerly floor speeches — delivered most days the Senate is in session — can sometimes seem out of step with an increasingly social-media-centric political culture that rewards partisan theatrics.

Whedon acknowledged to New York magazine that he “was not mannerly” when he spoke to Carpenter after learning she was pregnant, and that he was not “civilized” while running “Buffy” and “Angel.”