MANNERS Synonyms

• formal or perfunctory politeness

• the act of showing regard for others

• a courteous or respectful or considerate act

• a courteous or respectful or considerate remark

• a courteous manner

• propriety in manners and conduct

• rules governing socially acceptable behavior

• a courteous manner that respects accepted social usage

• the act of showing regard for others

• (computer science) rules determining the format and transmission of data

• forms of ceremony and etiquette observed by diplomats and heads of state

• code of correct conduct

• how something is done or how it happens

• characteristic or habitual practice

• the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior

• consumer goods (especially clothing) in the current mode

• make out of components (often in an improvising manner)

• how something is done or how it happens

• a particular functioning condition or arrangement

• a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility

• verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker

• any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave

• the most frequent value of a random variable

• how something is done or how it happens

• a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period

• a particular kind (as to appearance)

• the popular taste at a given time

• (botany) the narrow elongated part of the pistil between the ovary and the stigma

• editorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display

• distinctive and stylish elegance

• a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving

• a slender bristlelike or tubular process

• designate by an identifying term

• make consistent with a certain fashion or style

• make consistent with certain rules of style

• how something is done or how it happens

• to have the ability to produce a particular effect or achieve an end

• a line leading to a place or point

• the condition of things generally

• a course of conduct

• any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another

• a journey or passage

• space for movement

• the property of distance in general

• doing as one pleases or chooses

• a general category of things; used in the expression `in the way of'

• a portion of something divided into shares

• to a great degree or by a great distance; very much (`right smart' is regional in the United States)

• a way of acting or behaving