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Thesaurus: demeanor

Management; treatment; conduct.

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  1. v. t. Management; treatment; conduct.
  2. v. t. Behavior; deportment; carriage; bearing; mien.
  3. n. (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people
  4. 1. Management; treatment; conduct. [Obs.] God commits the managing so great a trust . . . wholly to the demeanor of every grown man. Milton. 2. Behavior; deportment; carriage; bearing; mien. His demeanor was singularly pleasing. Macaulay. The men, as usual, liked her artless kindness and simple refined demeanor. Thackeray.
  5. n:100 n. (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people