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View synonyms for manners

manners

/ ˈmænəz /

plural noun

  1. social conduct

    he has the manners of a pig

  2. a socially acceptable way of behaving
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

But, you know, have a little manners here, sir,” she concluded.

Married to Stanley, a man of carnal appetites and vulgar manners, Stella has embraced the crude pleasures of realism, while her freeloading sister still clings to tattered aristocratic illusions.

Nova Peris, a former senator who was the first Aboriginal woman in parliament, described it as an “embarrassing” move which didn’t “reflect the manners, or approach to reconciliation, of Aboriginal Australians at large”.

From BBC

Aristocrats with autocratic manners were fun to play, but characters from the common rung could be just as commanding.

"I hope we've brought them up to have good manners and be kind to others," he said.

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