simple-mannered

I thought the cotton millionaire vulgar; and the American railway king I could not make this or that of; but the lord seemed a very nice, simple-mannered young man; so that I hoped -- for although I am a bit of a Radical, I lay claim to having some common-sense too -- if it were to be one of these three, it would be he.

The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 5, May, 1891 Various

One did not need the vivid recollection of the low-voiced, simple-mannered, seafaring captain of Genoese adventurers and Sicilian brigands, supping in the July heat and Sicilian dirt and revolutionary clamor, among the barricaded streets of insurgent Palermo, merely in order to remember that simplicity is complex.

Rome (1859–1860) 1918

He was industrious, tenacious, devoted to study, serious, simple-mannered, generous to those who served him, the friend and patron of arts.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

Beside Carlisle's own little coterie, there were present Mr. and Mrs. Allison Payne, who, before they had retired to the country to bring up their children, had been conspicuous in that little old-school set which included Mrs. Berkeley Page: simple-mannered, agreeable people these were, who were always very pleasant when you met them, but whom you never really seemed to know any better.

V. V.'s Eyes Henry Sydnor Harrison 1905

Being a simple-mannered man of few words, he just said that by sundown to-morrow he would of et the liver of the Injun that done the stealing.

Ma Pettengill Harry Leon Wilson 1903

He is a simple-mannered, immaculately dressed young man in his early twenties, his bearing and appearance suggesting the soldier.

The 'Mind the Paint' Girl A Comedy in Four Acts Arthur Wing Pinero 1894

They are the most simple-mannered people alive, and quite unambitious.

Tess of the d'Urbervilles 1891

It was really amazing to note the difference between the good, simple-mannered old man in his humble home, where he received us in socks and a faded cassock, and nearly suffocated us with vivaciously repetitious hospitality, tea, and preserves, and the priest, with his truly majestic and inspired mien, as he served the altar.

Russian Rambles Isabel Florence Hapgood 1889

The colonel and his wife, captains and lieutenants by the dozen, came to call, most of them with their better halves, some of the latter refined, high-bred, cultured women, some simple-mannered, warm-hearted army girls who knew no home but the regiment, no life but that on the plains.

Under Fire Charles King 1888

They are the most simple-mannered people alive, and quite unambitious.

Tess of the d'Urbervilles Thomas Hardy 1884