comportment
[kuh m-pawrt-muh nt, -pohrt-]
noun
personal bearing or conduct; demeanor; behavior.
Origin of comportment
Synonym study
See behavior.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Examples from the Web for comportment
Contemporary Examples of comportment
Historical Examples of comportment
Rather was there something eager and rapt about the comportment of the people.
John SplendidNeil Munro
What did surprise me, when anon the sea rolled close up to the cottage, was the comportment of the young artist himself.
And Even NowMax Beerbohm
His comportment was cheerful in a sober fashion, notwithstanding the transparent perturbation of his spirit.
The Adventures of Harry Richmond, CompleteGeorge Meredith
He did everything right—too right; and in dress and comportment was inevitably correct.
The Strength of the StrongJack London
The comportment of beef in an atmosphere of carbonic acid, to which carbonic oxide has been added, is curious.
comportment
noun
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
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper