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bedside manner

American  

noun

  1. the attitude, approach, and deportment of a doctor with patients.

    He has a reassuring bedside manner.

Etymology

Origin of bedside manner

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

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Your suspicions could be correct, but have you considered that you may be mistaking her bedside manner for something else instead?

From MarketWatch • Dec. 1, 2025

Ultimately, his gift seemed to be not just for scientifically managing the extreme stresses placed on those plants, but the bedside manner with which he managed the human stress radiating around them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

We aren’t shown a single doctor with a sympathetic bedside manner.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2025

And he said Paterson had a good "bedside manner" and was reassuring to them both.

From BBC • Oct. 7, 2024

A regular bedside manner, even there in a drugstore.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier

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