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The Latins there were vexed with his apparent unmannerliness.

From Time Magazine Archive

Rejoined the youth, "Verily thine unmannerliness hath made thee known to me, in that thou spakest to me, without beginning by the salutation."

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 04 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Quoth I, 'O my mistress, I confess to the hoary hairs, but as for impudent airs, I think not to be guilty of unmannerliness.'

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 04 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

At the watering-places, there is an unrestrained outpouring of unmannerliness.

From Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales by Maupassant, Guy de

Clara's headache above, and Dr. Middleton's unmannerliness below, affected his instincts in a way to make him apprehend that a stroke of misfortune was impending; thunder was in the air.

From The Egoist by Meredith, George