- “Comportment” vs. “deportment” - English Language Usage Stack . . .
0 deportment: strictly refers to outward physical turn out of a person; i e clean and properly fitting dress, shined shoes, adequate hair-cut, good manicure, etc comportment: a person's mannerisms and behavior; public display of erratic behavior, lacking self control especially in speech, etc
- differences - Consequently versus consequentially - English . . .
What is the difference between consequently and consequentially? My usage being what it is, and also according to the dictionary sample sentences I've found so far (thank you for the helpful comme
- single word requests - Synonym for expression of character through . . .
Writing about the illustrations of John Tenniel and their theatricality (e g ), I remembered there being a single word for the expression of character through a person's posture, movement, and or
- What do you call the art of proper bearing? (French maintien)
I would suggest deportment Oxford Dictionaries says that the meaning of the way a person stands and walks, particularly as an element of etiquette is a particularly British usage My old French dictionary gives it as one of the translations of maintien
- yet the least and - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
From the sentence: Grave, taking life at its own face value and a little too seriously, with a deportment as unbending as it is "correct" , he is yet the least formidable of men Some people inte
- etymology - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
That particular meaning of deport is archaic, not used anymore, except in the noun form as deportment And it is a nice word and means to treat with consideration; carry or conduct oneself well If you are curious how can one word come to mean two opposite things: It happens in English all the time, think of the word sanction it means two completely opposite concept 1) a threatened official
- Whats the meaning of the phrase class always tells?
Class here refers the quality of a person, or, sometimes, thing She is a classy person means, as an opinion, that she has superior behavior, deportment, or, perhaps accomplishment In this sense, *class** is a positive opinion of someone or something There is no recognized scale of measure class always tells means that whatever qualities a person determines as having class or are classy
- Meaning of the word remarkedly? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
1871 S Mateer Travancore 363 The discipline and general good deportment which is remarkedly observable in you 1985 J Kerman Musicol 45 Manfred Bikofzer had a remarkedly clear head for historical generalization
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