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mannerliness

noun

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as in manners
speech or behavior that is a sign of good breeding the elderly gentleman comported himself with old-world, old-school mannerliness

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“Mannerliness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mannerliness. Accessed 26 Nov. 2022.

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