well-mannered

See also: well mannered

English

Alternative forms

• well mannered

Etymology

Compare Middle English wel ymanerede, wel y-manerit.

Adjective

well-mannered (comparative better-mannered or more well-mannered, superlative best-mannered or most well-mannered)

1. Having good manners; polite, courteous, and socially correct; conforming to standards of good behaviour.

   A well-mannered gentleman always allows others first.

Synonyms

• mannerly
• civil
• fair-mannered (archaic)
• polished
• polite
• refined
• well-behaved

Translations

having good manners

Bulgarian: възпитан (vǎzpitan) Catalan: educat (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 有禮貌／有礼貌 (zh) (yǒulǐmào), 規矩／规矩 (zh) (guījǔ) Danish: velopdragen Esperanto: bonmaniera, ĝentila (eo) Finnish: hyvätapainen (fi), hyvin käyttäytyvä German: manierlich (de), wohlgesittet Ingrian: hyväntapain, hyväntaholliin Irish: dea-bhéasach, béasach Latin: bene mōrātus Malayalam: സൽസ്വഭാവി (salsvabhāvi) Norwegian: beleven (no), veloppdragen Polish: dobrze wychowany (pl) Portuguese: cortês (pt) Russian: воспи́танный (ru) (vospítannyj), благовоспи́танный (ru) (blagovospítannyj) Serbo-Croatian: učtiv (sh) Ukrainian: ви́хований (výxovanyj)