2. Adjective. clumsy; graceless ¹
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Definition of Mannerless
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mannerless
Literary usage of Mannerless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Presumption of Sex, and Other Papers by Oscar Fay Adams (1892)
"THE Mannerless SEX **** it were best to say at once that woman is referred to
under this title, that the reader may not remain for a moment in doubt which ..."
2. From the Easy Chair by George William Curtis (1891)
"THE Mannerless SEX. be told that the lily is not the flower of vestals, but of
Venus, could not be more surprising than to be assured that the mannerless ..."
3. The Dial edited by Francis Fisher Browne (1892)
"It fell ! with a quite perceptible splash and splatter. The i ripples ran out a
little way before they died. But the mannerless and ruthless sex was hardly ..."
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