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Having good manners; polite, courteous, and socially correct; conforming to standards of good behaviour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- A well-mannered gentleman always allows others first.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 2
socially correct in behavior
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mannerly
Antonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 3
of good upbringing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: well-bred
Antonyms: none provided
Compare Middle English wel ymanerede, wel y-manerit.
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
възпитан
(vǎzpitan)
— having good manners
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Catalan:
educat
— having good manners
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Chinese Mandarin:
有禮貌 /有礼貌
(yǒulǐmào)
— having good manners
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Chinese Mandarin:
規矩 /规矩
(guījǔ)
— having good manners
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Danish:
velopdragen
— having good manners
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Esperanto:
bonmaniera
— having good manners
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Esperanto:
ĝentila
— having good manners
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Finnish:
hyvätapainen
— having good manners
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Finnish:
hyvin käyttäytyvä
— having good manners
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German:
manierlich
— having good manners
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German:
wohlgesittet
— having good manners
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Greek:
καλότροπος
(kalótropos)
— having good manners
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Ancient Greek:
καλότροπος
(kalótropos)
— having good manners
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Hindi:
अशिष्ट
(aśiṣṭ)
— having good manners
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Hungarian:
illedelmes
— having good manners
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Hungarian:
illemtudó
— having good manners
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Ingrian:
hyväntapain
— having good manners
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Ingrian:
hyväntaholliin
— having good manners
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Irish:
dea-bhéasach
— having good manners
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Irish:
béasach
— having good manners
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Latin:
bene mōrātus
— having good manners
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Malayalam:
സൽസ്വഭാവി
(salsvabhāvi)
— having good manners
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Mauritian Creole:
bien-elve
— having good manners
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Norwegian:
beleven
— having good manners
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Norwegian:
veloppdragen
— having good manners
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Polish:
dobrze wychowany
— having good manners
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Portuguese:
cortês
— having good manners
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Russian:
воспи́танный
(vospítannyj)
— having good manners
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Russian:
благовоспи́танный
(blagovospítannyj)
— having good manners
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Serbo-Croatian:
učtiv
— having good manners
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Spanish:
de buenos modales
— having good manners
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Ottoman Turkish:
نازك
(nâzik)
— having good manners
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Ottoman Turkish:
كبار
(kibar)
— having good manners
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Ottoman Turkish:
تربیهلو
(terbiyeli)
— having good manners
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Ukrainian:
ви́хований
(výxovanyj)
— having good manners