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Meanings of ill-mannered in English

Socially incorrect in behavior.

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Usage of ill-mannered in English
1
So you see, I have absolutely no need for those ill-mannered intellectuals.
Genellan: planetfall
2
The coolie and lower class are an ignorant, repulsive and ill-mannered people.
My Native Land / The United States: its Wonders, its Beauties, a...
3
This Henry does not mind his children out of their chairs, ill-mannered.
The White Princess
4
Still, to do him justice, the lad is neither ill-looking nor ill-mannered.
Set in Silver
5
How many ill-mannered sots could there be at one bloody house party?
Destined to last
6
All altercations, loud talking and noisy laughter are doubly ill-mannered in a ball-room.
Our Deportment / Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most R...
7
And she knew the duchess had not meant to be ill-mannered.
December Love
8
It may be polished, scholarly, cultured; or, coarse, ignorant and ill-mannered.
Quiet Talks on Power
9
It must have seemed ill-mannered to have flown by like that.
The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912
10
Champagne not properly chilled is brusque and ill-mannered and clamorous in its release.
The wrong venus
11
I have met many women equally ill-mannered, and without her excuse.
Sketches in Lavender, Blue and Green
12
Instead of a worthy and learned scholar, he found a dull ill-mannered peasant.
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth
13
She recalled with malicious satisfaction her ill-mannered remark to Lionel Tarrant.
In the Year of Jubilee
14
I am ready to ask pardon, if I have been ill-mannered.
Crime and Punishment
15
I remembered the ill-mannered gusto with which Novus licked his plate.
Venus In Copper
16
She thinks me but a boy, and a somewhat ill-mannered one.
At Agincourt
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