demeanor
Americannoun
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conduct; behavior; deportment.
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facial appearance; mien.
Etymology
Origin of demeanor
First recorded in 1425–75, demeanor is from the late Middle English word demenure. See demean 2, -or 1
Example Sentences
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On TV, at town halls and universities, the bespectacled officer, with close-cropped gray hair and an almost professorial demeanor, lays out the stakes for his countrymen.
His “approach to his job was as blunt as his demeanor,” Mr. Epplin writes.
The soldier hurried to lift the gate, his demeanor that of a dog who had just been beaten, trying to please the master who had beaten it.
From Literature
As soon as they did, Johnston’s entire demeanor changed.
From Literature
Surely, there has got to be some speck of humanity here, some microcosmic pocket of life detectable amid her robotic demeanor and Ratner’s styleless direction.
From Salon
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