different between impolite vs unmannerly

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin impol?tus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mp??la?t/
• Rhymes: -a?t

Adjective

impolite (comparative impoliter or more impolite, superlative impolitest or most impolite)

1. Not polite; not of polished manners; wanting in good manners.

   Synonyms: discourteous, uncivil, rude, unpolite; see also Thesaurus:impolite

Derived terms

• impolitely
• impoliteness

Translations

Latin

Adjective

impol?te

1. vocative masculine singular of impol?tus

References

• impolite in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• impolite in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• impolite in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?mæn?li/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??n?mæn?li/, /??n-/
• Hyphenation: un?man?ner?ly

Etymology 1

From Middle English unmanerli (“of a person: disorderly, unruly; of conduct: inappropriate, improper”), from un- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + manerli, manerly (“well-mannered; modest; customary; moral”). Manerli is derived from maner (“kind, sort; form, nature; circumstances; method, manner; outward behaviour, manners; morals; custom, usage; cause, reason”) (from Anglo-Norman, Old French manere (“fashion, manner, way”), from Latin manu?rius (“of or pertaining to the hand”), from manus (“hand”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh?- (“to beckon”)) + -li (suffix forming adjectives). The English word is analysable as un- +? mannerly, and is cognate with Danish umanerlig, German unmanierlich, Middle Dutch onmanierlijc (modern Dutch onmanierlijk), Swedish omanerlig, West Frisian ûnmanearlik.

Adjective

unmannerly (comparative more unmannerly, superlative most unmannerly)

1. (also figuratively) Not mannerly (“polite; having good manners”).

   Synonyms: discourteous, impolite, rude, uncivil; see also Thesaurus:impolite

   Antonyms: mannerly; see also Thesaurus:polite

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English unmanerli (“discourteously, rudely; excessively, unrestrainedly”) [and other forms], from un- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + manerli, manerly (“with good manners, courteously; in accordance with custom or propriety, appropriately, becomingly, properly; respectfully”). Manerli is derived from maner (“kind, sort; form, nature; circumstances; method, manner; outward behaviour, manners; morals; custom, usage; cause, reason”) (see further at etymology 1) + -li (suffix forming adverbs). The English word is analysable as un- +? mannerly, and is cognate with Middle Dutch onmanierlike (modern Dutch onmanierlijk).

Adverb

unmannerly (comparative more unmannerly, superlative most unmannerly)

1. (archaic) In a way that is not mannerly; discourteously, rudely.

   Synonyms: impolitely, uncivilly

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References