Reverse Dictionary: MANNERS

ADJECTIVES
– BEHAVIOURED † conducted, mannered, behaved …1589
– CARRIAGED † having a carriage, deportment, bearing; behaved, mannered …1633
– FALKLAND-BRED † well-mannered, as if bred at court, courtly, polished, well-bred …1721 Sc.
– GENTILITATE †* having gentle, refined, or polished manners, well-mannered …1632
– MANNERABLE courteous, polite, well-mannered …c1460
– MANNERSABLE courteous, polite, well-mannered …1922 Amer. dial.
– MANNERS-LIKE in a mannerly way …a1845
– MANNERSLY courteous, polite, well-mannered …1929 Amer. dial.
– MANNERSOME well-behaved; having good manners …1876 Eng. & Amer. dial..
– MENSEFUL mannerly, polite, well-behaved; courteous, well-bred; respectful …1783 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– MINDABLE well-mannered …1970 Amer. dial.
– RAG-MANNERED aggressively uncouth; very badly mannered; violently coarse or vulgar …L17 sl.
– SILKY of speech, manners, etc.: smooth, pleasing, ingratiating, insinuating …1778

NOUNS
– IDIASM a peculiarity, mannerism ..1868
– AIRS AND GRACES would-be elegant or genteel mannerisms intended to impress; affected manners intended to convey a person’s refinement or superiority; pretensions …1697
– BAD FORM bad manners …Bk1999 
– FAIR FASHIONS good manners, politeness …1870 Sc.
– FALKLAND MANNERS good manners; now used sarcastically …1827 Sc.
– HAIVENS manners, behaviour …1791 Sc.
– HAVANCE manners, behaviour …1790 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
– HAVENCE † manners, behaviour …1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– HAVING behaviour, manners, demeanour, deportment; often in plural …1375 chiefly Sc.
– HAVINGS manners, behaviour …1791 Sc.
– HAVINS manners, behaviour …1791 Sc.
– HAVIOURS manners, generally used in a good sense …1703 Eng. dial.
– LAITS manners, demeanour, behaviour, habits, customs; bad habits …1725 Sc.
– LATES † looks, manners, behaviour; hence, actions, goings-on … c1205
– LEATS manners; demeanour; habits, customs …1725 Sc.
– LEETS manners; demeanour; habits, customs …1725 Sc.
– MANDERS manners; fashions …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MANNERING † training in manners …1581
– MAN-THEWS † human customs, manners …a1250
– MENSE decency, propriety, decorum; sense, discretion, tact; good manners, politeness …1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– MIM-WAYS quiet, sly manners …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– NO-MANNERS lack of manners; rudeness; impoliteness …1922 Amer. dial.

NOUNS, PERSON
1640 ► GARBIST one who is skilled in polite behaviour; an expert in good manners → obs.
1753 ► BABBLER an enemy to good manners (Bk.)
1824 ► PEG-PUFF a young woman with the manners of an old one → Sc.

PHRASES
1939 ► AFTER YOU, CLAUDE – NO, AFTER YOU, CECIL used to depict a lack of aggression or unnecessary good manners → UK sl.

VERBS
1968 ► MANNER to teach someone manners → Amer. dial.