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well-mannered

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

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

2

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

3

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

History

Etymology

Compare Middle English wel ymanerede, wel y-manerit.

Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: възпитан (vǎzpitan) — having good manners
  • Catalan: educat — having good manners
  • Chinese Mandarin: 有禮貌 /有礼貌 (yǒulǐmào) — having good manners
  • Chinese Mandarin: 規矩 /规矩 (guījǔ) — having good manners
  • Danish: velopdragen — having good manners
  • Esperanto: bonmaniera — having good manners
  • Esperanto: ĝentila — having good manners
  • Finnish: hyvätapainen — having good manners
  • Finnish: hyvin käyttäytyvä — having good manners
  • German: manierlich — having good manners
  • German: wohlgesittet — having good manners
  • Greek: καλότροπος (kalótropos) — having good manners
  • Ancient Greek: καλότροπος (kalótropos) — having good manners
  • Hindi: अशिष्ट (aśiṣṭ) — having good manners
  • Hungarian: illedelmes — having good manners
  • Hungarian: illemtudó — having good manners
  • Ingrian: hyväntapain — having good manners
  • Ingrian: hyväntaholliin — having good manners
  • Irish: dea-bhéasach — having good manners
  • Irish: béasach — having good manners
  • Latin: bene mōrātus — having good manners
  • Malayalam: സൽസ്വഭാവി (salsvabhāvi) — having good manners
  • Mauritian Creole: bien-elve — having good manners
  • Norwegian: beleven — having good manners
  • Norwegian: veloppdragen — having good manners
  • Polish: dobrze wychowany — having good manners
  • Portuguese: cortês — having good manners
  • Russian: воспи́танный (vospítannyj) — having good manners
  • Russian: благовоспи́танный (blagovospítannyj) — having good manners
  • Serbo-Croatian: učtiv — having good manners
  • Spanish: de buenos modales — having good manners
  • Ottoman Turkish: نازك (nâzik) — having good manners
  • Ottoman Turkish: كبار (kibar) — having good manners
  • Ottoman Turkish: تربیهلو (terbiyeli) — having good manners
  • Ukrainian: ви́хований (výxovanyj) — having good manners