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1 etiquette
['etiket](rules for correct or polite behaviour between people, or within certain professions: medical/legal etiquette.) etiketas -
2 genteel
[‹ən'ti:l](acting, talking etc with a very great (often too great) attention to the rules of polite behaviour: She was laughed at for being too genteel.) gerai išauklėtas, gerų manierų- genteelness -
3 manner
['mænə]1) (a way in which anything is done etc: She greeted me in a friendly manner.) būdas2) (the way in which a person behaves, speaks etc: I don't like her manner.) elgsena, tonas3) ((in plural) (polite) behaviour, usually towards others: Why doesn't she teach her children (good) manners?) elgesys, manieros•- - mannered- mannerism
- all manner of
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4 gentlemanly
adjective ((of men) polite; well-mannered: gentlemanly behaviour.) džentelmeniškas -
5 lady
['leidi]1) (a more polite form of woman: Tell that child to stand up and let that lady sit down; The lady in the flower shop said that roses are expensive just now; Ladies' shoes are upstairs in this shop; ( also adjective) a lady doctor.) ponia, moteris2) (a woman of good manners and refined behaviour: Be quiet! Ladies do not shout in public.) dama3) (in the United Kingdom, used as the title of, or a name for, a woman of noble rank: Sir James and Lady Brown; lords and ladies.) ledi•- ladylike- Ladyship
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6 rude
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7 vulgar
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