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DEMEANOUR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people
Synonyms:
behavior; behaviour; conduct; demeanor; demeanour; deportment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("demeanour" is a kind of...):
trait (a distinguishing feature of your personal nature)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "demeanour"):
manners (social deportment)
citizenship (conduct as a citizen)
swashbuckling (flamboyantly reckless and boastful behavior)
correctitude; properness; propriety (correct or appropriate behavior)
improperness; impropriety (an improper demeanor)
manner; personal manner (a way of acting or behaving)
Context examples:
It was the strain of a forsaken lady, who, after bewailing the perfidy of her lover, calls pride to her aid; desires her attendant to deck her in her brightest jewels and richest robes, and resolves to meet the false one that night at a ball, and prove to him, by the gaiety of her demeanour, how little his desertion has affected her.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Elizabeth seemed happy; my tranquil demeanour contributed greatly to calm her mind.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
Mr. Dick had regularly assisted at our councils, with a meditative and sage demeanour.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
I am sure most people would have thought him an ugly man; yet there was so much unconscious pride in his port; so much ease in his demeanour; such a look of complete indifference to his own external appearance; so haughty a reliance on the power of other qualities, intrinsic or adventitious, to atone for the lack of mere personal attractiveness, that, in looking at him, one inevitably shared the indifference, and, even in a blind, imperfect sense, put faith in the confidence.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
I imagined that they would be disgusted, until, by my gentle demeanour and conciliating words, I should first win their favour and afterwards their love.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
It reminded me of our old acquaintance; it seemed the natural sequel of it; it showed me that he was unchanged; it relieved me of any uneasiness I might have felt, in comparing my merits with his, and measuring my claims upon his friendship by any equal standard; above all, it was a familiar, unrestrained, affectionate demeanour that he used towards no one else.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
