n.
1) an arrogant, cavalier, imperious, overbearing; awkward; boorish; businesslike; casual, hit-or-miss, offhand, relaxed; charming; cloying; coarse, crude, rude, uncouth; courteous, polite; cursory; debonair; flippant; forthcoming; friendly; gentle, mild; gracious; grand; ingratiating; intriguing; lively; matter-of-fact; obnoxious; polished; pretentious; prim; professional; servile; sheepish; slipshod, sloppy; statesmanlike; stern; suave; sullen, surly; unctuous ~
2) bad; good ~s
3) (a doctor's) bedside ~
4) in a certain ~ (they behaved in a statesmanlike ~; she was businesslike in her ~; in the grand ~; in an awkward ~; everything was done in a well organized ~)
5) ( misc. ) to the ~ born ('born to an elevated social position'); in a ~ of speaking ('as it were'); to mind one's ~s ('to behave properly')