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)