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comparative more mannered, superlative most mannered
(often in combination) Having manners or (often excessive) mannerisms. quotations examples
I doubt in general whether highly mannered societies are necessarily more peaceful societies as assumed by Norbert Elias. Romeo and Juliet lived in a highly mannered, highly violent society; […]
2000, Richard W. Kaeuper, Violence in Medieval Society, page 34