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
Southern Living talked to three bartenders about what the bar etiquette mistakes guests make the most, and what to do instead.
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Stacey Lastoe, Southern Living, 29 May 2026
How to navigate the etiquette of graduation announcements and invitations.
—Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 27 May 2026
Before the group came out, a group of extras mimed drinking tea and feasting on pastries, with pinky fingers aloft — per the song’s innate spoofing of the etiquette stereotypically associated with tea drinking.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 26 May 2026
Russell Crowe‘s autograph etiquette might not be for everyone, but the Gladiator star is defending his efficiency.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 26 May 2026
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Stacey Lastoe, Southern Living, 29 May 2026
How to navigate the etiquette of graduation announcements and invitations.
—Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 27 May 2026
Before the group came out, a group of extras mimed drinking tea and feasting on pastries, with pinky fingers aloft — per the song’s innate spoofing of the etiquette stereotypically associated with tea drinking.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 26 May 2026
Russell Crowe‘s autograph etiquette might not be for everyone, but the Gladiator star is defending his efficiency.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 26 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for etiquette
manner
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Given the dramatic manner in which the hulking piers marched down the center of the institution’s narrow corridor, flanked by the photographer’s three-inch-square Polaroids, hung as if in awed supplication, the effect verged on hyperbole, the gnomic ceding to the grandiose.—
James Quandt,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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Everything happens in a fluid, subtle manner.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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“Etiquette.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/etiquette. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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