Synonyms for manners
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1. mannersnoun

   Address is that indefinable something which enables a man to gain his object without seeming exertion or contest, and generally with the favor and approval of those with whom he deals. It is a general power to direct to the matter in hand whatever qualities are most needed for it at the moment. It includes adroitness and discretion to know what to do or say and what to avoid; ingenuity to devise; readiness to speak or act; the dexterity that comes of practise; and tact, which is the power of fine touch as applied to human character and feeling. Courtesy and politeness are indispensable elements of good address. Compare SPEECH.

   Synonyms:
   address, address, adroitness, courtesy, dexterity, discretion, ingenuity, politeness, readiness, tact

   Antonyms:
   awkwardness, boorishness, clownishness, clumsiness, fatuity, folly, ill manners, ill-breeding, rudeness, stupidity, unmannerliness, unwisdom

   Preposition:
   Address in dealing with opponents; the address of an accomplished intriguer; an address to the audience.

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1. manners

   Synonyms:
   deportment, behavior, carriage, courtesy, politeness, intercourse, demeanor

   Antonyms:
   misdemeanor, misbehavior, unmannerliness

Princeton's WordNet

1. mannersnoun

   social deportment

   "he has the manners of a pig"

Matched Categories

1. • Demeanor

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1. mannersnoun

   Synonyms:
   morals, habits, carriage, behavior, deportment, bearing, breeding, air, customary conduct

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1. mannersnoun

   Associated words:
   etiquette

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1. List of paraphrases for "manners":

   ways, mores

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1. L?Estrange:

   Some people, you would think, are made up of nothing but title and genealogy; the stamp of dignity defaces in them the very character of humanity, and transports them to such a degree of haughtiness that they reckon it below them to exercise good nature or good manners.

2. Clarence Thomas:

   Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.

3. Justice Warren E. Burger:

   ... ours is a sick profession marked by incompetence, lack of training, misconduct and bad manners. Ineptness, bungling, malpractice, and bad ethics can be observed in court houses all over this country every day ... these incompetents have a seeming unawareness of the fundamental ethics of the profession. ... the harsh truth is that ... we may well be on our way to a society, overrun by hordes of lawyers, hungry as locusts, and brigades of judges in numbers never before contemplated.

4. Mary Wilson Little:

   Politeness is half good manners and half good lying.

5. Martin Luther:

   Music is a discipline, and a mistress of order and good manners, she makes the people milder and gentler, more moral and more reasonable.