[UN-1 7. Cf. WFris. ûn-, onmenearlijk, MDu. onmanierlijc, G. unmanierlich; Da. umanerlig, Sw. omanerlig.]
1. Of persons: Devoid of manners; impolite; behaving rudely or discourteously.
1388. Wyclif, Rom. i. 31. Thei ben … vnwise, vnmanerli, withouten loue.
1575. R. B., Appius & Virg., in Hazl., Dodsley, IV. 121. Have ye heard such an unmannerly villain?
1591. Shaks., Two Gent., III. i. 393. An vnmannerly slaue, that will thrust himselfe into secrets.
a. 1616. Beaum. & Fl., Wit at Sev. Weapons, IV. i. Fall back,… you unmannerly puppy.
1653. R. Sanders, Physiogn., 58. A rustick, unmannerly, dull person.
1730. Fielding, Rape upon Rape, IV. iv. The Fright which that unmannerly Friend of yours occasioned.
1833. Ht. Martineau, Brooke Farm, ii. 19. Billy was not fit to go into a gentleman’s family, he was so unmannerly.
1885. ‘Mrs. Alexander,’ Valerie’s Fate, iv. I fear you must think me very unmannerly, very rude.
transf. 1827. Pollok, Course T., III. 570. Comets rude, That should unmannerly and lawless drive Athwart the path of Earth.
2. Of actions, conduct, speech, etc.: Showing want of manners.
c. 1425. in Anglia, VIII. 139. Vnsem and vnmanerly berynge of body. Ibid., 194. I wole make an ende of myn vnmanerly wordes.
c. 1510. More, Picus, Wks. 15/1. The company of the court … (as it is their vnmanerly maner) descanted therof.
1581. J. Bell, Haddon’s Answ. Osor., 262 b. If there were any reason in all these your unmanerly tauntes.
1617. Woodall, Surg. Mate, Pref. (1639), B. Comparisons being odious and unmannerly amongst good men.
1699. Bentley, Phal., 122. Breaking his unmannerly Jests upon his own mistakes.
1722. De Foe, Relig. Courtsh., I. i. (1840), 29. That’s the unmannerliest thing in the World.
1756. Washington, Lett. to Dinwiddie, 24 Nov. I am very sorry any expression in my letter should be deemed unmannerly.
1846. Trench, Mirac., xxx. 425. These ill-timed and unmannerly clamors.
1884. Manch. Exam., 27 Nov., 5/2. The opposition to Mr. Caine was singularly unmannerly.
