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well-mannered

[ wel-man-erd ]

/ ˈwɛlˈmæn ərd /

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adjective

polite; courteous.

Origin of well-mannered

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

Words nearby well-mannered

well-liked, well-loved, well-made, well-man, well-managed, well-mannered, well-marked, well-matched, well-meaning, well-merited, well-met

Example sentences from the Web for well-mannered

As a well-mannered gentleman, he let her go in front of him and speak first.

Ilya Yashin & Ksenia Sobchak, the Russian Opposition’s Romeo & Juliet |Anna Nemtsova |December 17, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
She was a smiling, confident girl, well-mannered but by no means shy.

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In one corner: the patrician, privileged, well-mannered 35-year-old Quayle.

Ben Quayle’s Election Fight Gets Ugly |Terry Greene Sterling |August 26, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
He was indeed a well-mannered person, of whom painful things were not said.

Emily Fox-Seton |Frances Hodgson Burnett

The well-mannered man pays a compliment to another, and sometimes even secures his respect by patiently listening to him.

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The champion now sent for his wife, whom he revered as a preeminently sensible and well-mannered woman.

Cashel Byron's Profession |George Bernard Shaw
It is a tame and well-mannered beast till the false knight and his wife appear, when he tries to tear their throats.

The Supernatural in Modern English Fiction |Dorothy Scarborough
Sneering at the private affairs of others has long ago been banished from the conversation of well-mannered people.

Our Deportment |John H. Young

British Dictionary definitions for well-mannered

well-mannered

adjective (well mannered when postpositive)

having good manners; courteous; polite