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Definition of Good manners
1. Noun. A courteous manner.
Generic synonyms: Manner, Personal Manner
Specialized synonyms: Niceness, Politeness, Urbanity, Graciousness, Chivalry, Gallantry, Politesse, Deference, Respect, Respectfulness, Civility
Attributes: Courteous, Discourteous
Antonyms: Discourtesy
Definition of Good manners
1. Noun. The treatment of other people with courtesy and politeness, and showing correct public behaviour. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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1. Every-day Topics: A Book of Briefs by Josiah Gilbert Holland (1876)
"good manners. Mr. James Jackson Jarves, in a late number of The Independent, has
an exceedingly interesting and well-written paper on " Fine Manners as a ..."
2. Wisconsin Journal of Education by Wisconsin Teachers' Association, Wisconsin Education Association Council, Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction (1881)
"Some pei-sons think that the place to teach good manners is at home; but how many
homes are there in the United States which know what good manners ..."
3. Manners Makyth Man by Edward John Hardy (1887)
"How well it is then that no one class has a monopoly in this " finest of fine
arts ;" that while favourable circumstances undoubtedly do render good manners ..."
4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1861)
"Manners must, indeed, be an interesting and momentous question at all times; but
we do not find the duty of good manners, and the practical value of ..."
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