(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
The ~ in which you do something is the way that you do it.
She smiled again in a friendly ~...
I’m a professional and I have to conduct myself in a professional ~...
The ~ in which young children are spoken to varies depending on who is present.
N-SING: with supp
2.
Someone’s ~ is the way in which they behave and talk when they are with other people, for example whether they are polite, confident, or bad-tempered.
His ~ was self-assured and brusque...
N-SING: usu poss N
-~ed
Forrest was normally mild-~ed, affable, and untalkative...
The British are considered ill-~ed, badly dressed and unsophisticated.
COMB in ADJ
3.
If someone has good ~s, they are polite and observe social customs. If someone has bad ~s, they are impolite and do not observe these customs.
He dressed well and had impeccable ~s...
They taught him his ~s.
N-PLURAL
4.
see also bedside ~ , table ~s
5.
If you refer to all ~ of objects or people, you are talking about objects or people of many different kinds.
Mr Winchester is impressively knowledgeable about all ~ of things.
PHRASE: PHR n
6.
You say in a ~ of speaking to indicate that what you have just said is true, but not absolutely or exactly true.
An attorney is your employee, in a ~ of speaking...
= in a way
PHRASE: PHR with cl vagueness