Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Polite; courteous.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having good manners; polite; well-bred; complaisant.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Polite; well-bred; complaisant; courteous.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having good
manners ;polite ,courteous , andsocially correct ;conforming tostandards of goodbehaviour .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective socially correct in behavior
- adjective of good upbringing
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Examples
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And of course, you were too well-mannered to tell me, you darling polite woman.
Don’t Go Down To The Woods « Tales from the Reading Room 2009
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It does not think in the way we were brought up to think – well-mannered, congenial …
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » The Root of Procrastination 2009
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He offered the example of his own children: middle-class, well-mannered teenagers who, like their parents, are pretty laissez-faire about their Catholicism; neither has any Protestant friends.
Rory's a hero for all of us, but my homeland is as divided as ever | Sean O'Hagan 2011
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On television this sort of thing is enormously effective in demoralizing the innocent and well-mannered who, acting in good faith, do not lie or make personal insults, Buckley has made many honorable men look dishonest fools by his demagoguery, and by the time they recover from his first assault and are ready to retaliate, the program is over.
r_urell: William F. Buckley: Father of Modern "Conservatism" r_urell 2010
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This ancient society is known for the stability given it by the Nile, a well-mannered and orderly river, and by a pharaonic culture where the rulers were deities.
Egypt and the Fruits of the Pharaohs Fouad Ajami 2011
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CBS 'How to Be a Gentleman' 'How to Be a Gentleman' CBS Andrew, a well-mannered magazine columnist, recruits an old high-school bully to teach him how to be a "real" man.
A New Generation of TV Wimps Amy Chozick 2011
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In September, CBS will premiere "How to Be a Gentleman" about a preppy, well-mannered magazine columnist.
A New Generation of TV Wimps Amy Chozick 2011
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Big-eyed, friendly and notably well-mannered, Amukamara has been a presence in the Giants locker room from the moment he arrived.
A Little Football and a Lot of Hazing Aditi Kinkhabwala 2011
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'How to Be a Gentleman' CBS Andrew, a well-mannered magazine columnist, recruits an old high-school bully to teach him how to be a "real" man.
Season of the Wuss 2011
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Investors are unworried about future swings partly because exchange-rates have been relatively well-mannered in the recent past.
Currency Investors: What, Me Worry? Neil Shah 2011
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