MANNERS

[plural] [noun] - polite ways of treating other people and behaving in publicI've been trying to teach my six-year-old niece manners, but it really is hopeless.It's bad manners to eat with your mouth open.It's considered good manners in some societies to leave a little food on your plate.(dated) You ought to teach that boy to mind his manners (= to be polite). -mannered [suffix]an ill/bad-mannered boyHe was a mild-mannered (= gentle and calm) young man.I noticed how well-mannered her children were.