manners
- 1The rules people follow to be polite in social situations.
Like the rules of a game, but for how people behave with each other.
Formal dinners have strict manners that guests are expected to know.
Table manners differ widely from one culture to another.
Similaretiquette, protocol, conventions, customs, decorum
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- 2Polite ways of behaving that show respect for other people.
Like saying 'please' and 'thank you' so other people feel respected.
Her manners impressed everyone at the wedding reception.
The children showed wonderful manners at their grandmother's house.
Similarpoliteness, courtesy, civility, etiquette
Oppositerudeness, impoliteness, discourtesy
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- 3Plural of manner. Use it for more than one way of doing something, or for how people behave with others.
The book describes the manners and customs of people in old Japan.
The novel pokes fun at the manners of rich families in New York.
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manners is a form of manner
manner, noun: The way that someone does something or that something happens. Full entry
- Forms
- mannermanners plural
- Spelling
- manner → manners: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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