Brief, mannered and unlifelike idiom. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : ill-mannered people. ,a mannered walk. From Dictionary.com.
But something about this one is a little too "mannered". From Wordnik.com. [Epinions Recent Content for Home] Reference
"" He seems mild-mannered, '' says a former executive. From Wordnik.com. [Off The Reservation] Reference
He sounded more mild-mannered than my normal tormentor. From Wordnik.com. [118 Days, 12 Hours, 54 Minutes] Reference
The White House loves the mild-mannered Defense worker. From Wordnik.com. [Next Year's Model] Reference
But Wilner is no mild-mannered or starry-eyed activist. From Wordnik.com. [When There's Smoke There's Fire] Reference
Korea watchers say Jong Nam was a spoiled, ill-mannered child. From Wordnik.com. [Mother Knows Best] Reference
Mild-mannered by nature, Kennedy had a grandiose view of his role. From Wordnik.com. [The 'Accidental President'] Reference
For the mild-mannered professor from Berlin, it's all a bit astounding. From Wordnik.com. [A World In Shades Of Gray] Reference
Mild-mannered in public, he often lives up to his family name in private. From Wordnik.com. [THE NEW POWER PLAYERS] Reference
She described the mild-mannered White House counsel as "really a cipher.". From Wordnik.com. [Terror Watch: Unanswered Questions] Reference
Host Steve Martin got one before he'd cracked a single mild-mannered joke. From Wordnik.com. [View From The Small Screen] Reference
"Do you think a mild-mannered reporter gets people out of prison?" he said. From Wordnik.com. [Last Chance Class] Reference
The mild-mannered Christopher had not yet started to twist Boutros-Ghali's arm. From Wordnik.com. [The Making Of A Fiasco] Reference
Indeed, the mild-mannered Kimmelman is nothing if not humble in the face of art. From Wordnik.com. [Ways Of Looking] Reference
But Kent, a soft-spoken, mild-mannered Oxford graduate, is surprised at this reaction. From Wordnik.com. [Rapine And Pillage, Inc.] Reference
Kasumi Hoshino, 34, admits that her mother considered it bad-mannered to eat mayo with rice. From Wordnik.com. [Don't Hold The Mayo!] Reference
Vittal, a mild-mannered man with a penchant for philosophy and vegetarian food, seems unfazed. From Wordnik.com. [Shame, The Virtual Weapon] Reference
As a boy, Jong Nam is remembered as being spoiled, ill-mannered and, at times, downright mean. From Wordnik.com. [The Son Also Surprises] Reference
In came mild-mannered Ma Ying-jeou, who has ambitious plans to open Taiwan's economy to China. From Wordnik.com. [Meet Taiwan’s Conciliator-Elect] Reference
Yet the overall effect is almost too well-mannered, a guest at tea who's afraid to make a gaffe. From Wordnik.com. [The Thinking Man Of Design] Reference
In line with his mild-mannered persona, Bernanke has been careful to move to the back of the stage. From Wordnik.com. [The Money Man] Reference
The henhouse needs to be guarded by a pack of wolves because the old fox is too weak and mild-mannered. 5. From Wordnik.com. [The Most Ridiculous Analogy] Reference
Mohamed, a polite, mild-mannered man who seems deeply pained by the acrimony, responds that all this is nonsense. From Wordnik.com. [The Christian Runaway] Reference
Even megacelebrity David Beckham was once just a shy, mild-mannered kid from a working-class neighborhood in Essex. From Wordnik.com. [Beauty in the Beasts] Reference
The mild-mannered, rational Goran has to twist himself into self-abnegating knots to try to reconcile the household. From Wordnik.com. [Why Can't We Live Together?] Reference
Judy McClosky, 33, is a mild-mannered Boston-based office manager with one bad habit: she grinds her teeth at night. From Wordnik.com. [I Hear America Grinding] Reference
At around this time each year, I transform from mild-mannered English professor to take-no-prisoners literary sleuth. From Wordnik.com. [It's A Bird, It's A Plane, It's Plagiarism Buster] Reference
Hengde Lian's daytime boss has no idea the mild-mannered information-systems specialist is a "cyberguerrilla" by night. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Firewall Of China] Reference
He then sternly ordered the mild-mannered Clement to "take your seat" — a rebuke that raised eyebrows in the courtroom. From Wordnik.com. [Here Comes the Judge] Reference
A tall, mild-mannered woman who wears shorts and braids (but no beads), she shouts out instructions -- "Remember practice?". From Wordnik.com. [Venus And Serena Against The World] Reference
Yet just having the mild-mannered Torre go public with his resentment had virtually the same effect as a full-blown tantrum. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: The George Of Old] Reference
"He was just this mild-mannered, quiet guy," remembers Jocelyn, who was attending a Roman Catholic girls 'school at the time. From Wordnik.com. [Kobe Off The Court] Reference
Atwater's right-hand man in South Carolina had been a soft-spoken, deceptively mild-mannered good ole boy named Warren Tompkins. From Wordnik.com. [Pumping Iron, Digging Gold, Pressing Flesh] Reference
Conventional wisdom had it that Abu Mazen's maturity and mild-mannered temperament would be both his greatest asset and his fatal flaw. From Wordnik.com. [A MILITANT'S ALLEGIANCE] Reference
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