manners
Britishplural noun
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social conduct
he has the manners of a pig
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a socially acceptable way of behaving
Example Sentences
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The Constitution leaves it to states to decide the “times, places and manners for holding elections.”
From Los Angeles Times
‘This guy has no manners’: My Airbnb guest requested I buy bacon and beer.
From MarketWatch
At morning and evening worship, people drifted in and out, table manners were atrocious, one man took a walk into Haarlem every morning at 3:00 a.m.
From Literature
I did as she asked, and she thanked me—her manners were always meticulous.
From Literature
Perhaps that’s because the audience, in the script, is cast as attendees of the Susan B. Anthony Society for the Sisters of Gertude Stein’s brunch meeting, whose motto is “no men, no meat, all manners.”
From Los Angeles Times
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