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GOOD MANNERS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A courteous manner
Synonyms:
courtesy; good manners
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("good manners" is a kind of...):
manner; personal manner (a way of acting or behaving)
Attribute:
courteous (characterized by courtesy and gracious good manners)
discourteous (showing no courtesy; rude)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "good manners"):
niceness; politeness (a courteous manner that respects accepted social usage)
urbanity (polished courtesy; elegance of manner)
graciousness (excellence of manners or social conduct)
chivalry; gallantry; politesse (courtesy towards women)
deference; respect; respectfulness (courteous regard for people's feelings)
civility (formal or perfunctory politeness)
Context examples:
Yet he would be so anxious for her being perfectly warm, would be so interested about her father, and so delighted with Mrs. Weston; and at last would begin admiring her drawings with so much zeal and so little knowledge as seemed terribly like a would-be lover, and made it some effort with her to preserve her good manners.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
Each lady was previously well disposed for an agreement, and saw nothing, therefore, but good manners in the other; and with regard to the gentlemen, there was such an hearty good humour, such an open, trusting liberality on the Admiral's side, as could not but influence Sir Walter, who had besides been flattered into his very best and most polished behaviour by Mr Shepherd's assurances of his being known, by report, to the Admiral, as a model of good breeding.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
He was gone long enough to have had a very comfortable meal, and came back all the better—grown quite cool—and, with good manners, like himself—able to draw a chair close to them, take an interest in their employment; and regret, in a reasonable way, that he should be so late.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
