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• a variation of demeanor.

demeanour

British  

/ dɪˈmiːnə /

noun

1. the way a person behaves towards others; conduct

2. bearing, appearance, or mien

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Etymology

Origin of demeanour

C15: see _demean ²

Example Sentences

They oversaw a conga line led by cartoon character Peppa Pig, and an exuberant half-time show by drag queens Miss Demeanour, Mercedes Benz and Tamara Thomas.

From BBC • May 11, 2023

Their Demeanour, in these Circumstances, very fundamentally interests their own Health, as well as that of their Children; and consequently their own Happiness, as well as that of their Husbands and Families.

From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David)

He is a handsome Man, has a noble Air, and his Demeanour is answerable.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von

And you, my Lords, are so far from being any Causers of it, that I take as much comfort in your dutiful Demeanour, as I am justly distasted with their Proceedings.

From Charles I Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob

Demeanour in class is partly enforced by the class-room fittings themselves.

From Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series by Hearn, Lafcadio