etiquette

as in manner
personal conduct or behavior as evaluated by an accepted standard of appropriateness for a social or professional setting the couple exhibited poor etiquette when they left the party without saying good-bye to the host and hostess

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Recent Examples of etiquette The etiquette of kilt-wearing, however, flummoxed the Italian. John Seabrook, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025 Diane Gottsman is a national etiquette expert and founder of The Protocol School of Texas. Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 24 Sep. 2025 Among other things, these instructors teach proper wave use etiquette and help keep newcomers from making unsafe decisions, commissioners said. Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2025 Riding etiquette is important Many e-bikes weigh more than 50 pounds. Rick Barrett, jsonline.com, 15 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for etiquette
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manner
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  • In a throwback to the warts-and-all silliness of the family’s legendary MTV reality show, The Osbournes, Coming Home appears to lean into the domestic comedy of the Osbourne clan, opening with a jittery Ozzy begging Sharon to stop driving in a herky-jerky manner.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 1 Oct. 2025
  • In August, Hron says the online research tool Westlaw unveiled Deep Research, an agentic workflow that can plan, review, and strategize legal research in a manner that emulates human work.
    John Kell, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025

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“Etiquette.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/etiquette. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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