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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Their mother’s polite, excessively formal demeanor cannot mask her befuddlement regarding how to relate to her children.
From Los Angeles Times
The call-in, which lasted four hours and a half hours, has also been used to humanize a leader better known in the West for his gruff outbursts and cold demeanor.
Far from an indignity, I thought it lent a certain gravitas otherwise absent from my banal demeanor.
Mamdani is to her left on policy, but he also has an affable, disarming demeanor.
From Salon
Kwon, clad in a yellow prison jumpsuit, maintained a calm demeanor throughout the hearing.
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