Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
manory .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word mannery.
Examples
-
"There's a hossery down the road a ways, and a mannery, too, all run by old Sam Fyles."
-
A straw-mannery committed by many other theologians (and also by some commenters on this blog)?
Open Parachute 2008
-
But why indulge in straw-mannery to claim this role for religion?
Open Parachute 2008
-
(Ok, so the correct word is probably cosomonautry or space-mannery or whatever, but as a claustrophobe, i never really looked into the area too much as a child.
Predictions - Highlands and Islands Jeff 2007
-
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, indulged in this form of straw-mannery in an interview about his recent book with The Guardian (see
Open Parachute 2008
-
430 GisborneV Vala ofJVevers a Poemm The editor, then, in a brief and modest mannery gives a view of what he thought incumbent on himself to undertake, in con-* sequence of his engagement.
The Monthly Review 1797
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.