Demeanour meaning

Demeanour is defined as an alternative spelling of demeanor, which refers to your general personality and the way you behave.

A person who is generally friendly and kind to everyone he or she meets is an example of someone with a friendly demeanour.

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Demeanour Sentence Examples

  • He indignantly rebuked his rival's language and demeanour.

  • In demeanour he was quiet, reserved and tactful, but when occasion called for it he proved himself a brilliant orator.

  • Henceforward, however, he assumed a stoical demeanour, which, united to a policy tyrannical and pitilessly thorough, became the characteristic of his life.

  • Youths and maidens maintain towards each other a demeanour of reserve and even indifference, from which it has been confidently affirmed that love does not exist in Japan.

  • They wear a full beard, and are characterized by a marked dignity of demeanour.

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