mannerliness

And there is no denying that the persistent assault on mannerliness becomes a forceful philosophical argument.

Moved by an excess of mannerliness, Gulo stood, too.

He was known equally for his mannerliness, fine wardrobe, distinctive mustache and for championing writers.

Political life, Mr. Schwartz said, simply mirrors a society that has gone from mannerliness to motorists' making obscene gestures.

As he finished each - chastity, obedience, mannerliness, cleanliness, and fecundity - Mara bowed and touched her forehead to the floor.

And, as she straightened, a purple-robed acolyte with dyed feet and hands removed one of her veils, white for chastity, blue for obedience, rose for mannerliness, until only a thin green veil for Acoma honour remained.

It was as if the years of service and fatigue that had subdued his Latin mannerliness to mere staring, indeed dazed, gentleness had also been a drag on his lower lids: his green irises rode a boat of milk, under a white sky.

Here, and in a scene when police officers try to search Biko's home and he asks them to stay outside and show him their warrant through a window, there is a sense of how mannerliness and brutality play equal roles in South Africa's unique chemistry.