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Definition of "unmannerly" []

  • Ill-mannered; rude. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "unmannerly" in a sentence
  • "He judged she recalled his unmannerly eavesdropping that afternoon."
  • "I laid peculiar stress, by way of accent, on the word "unmannerly," and in a moment I saw the field was in my hands."
  • "Of all unmannerly craft did you ever see the like?"