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
Fat Cake enforces rules, but also mother ducks newbies like me, responding to most minor etiquette breaches with positive feedback.
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Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Mar. 2026
What’s the etiquette for pitching agents and editors at conferences like AWP?
—Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 2026
That's the usual etiquette around those things.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Mar. 2026
That’s the usual etiquette around those things.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 11 Mar. 2026
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Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Mar. 2026
What’s the etiquette for pitching agents and editors at conferences like AWP?
—Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 2026
That's the usual etiquette around those things.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Mar. 2026
That’s the usual etiquette around those things.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 11 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for etiquette
manner
Noun
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The medical examiner determined Moore’s cause of death to be multiple gunshot wounds and the manner of death to be homicide.—
Kathryn Kovalenko,
Twin Cities,
31 Mar. 2026
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Nothing except getting into fierce arguments with fellow-Jews, some would say, which Olitzky—who has a round, boyish face and a conciliatory manner—portrayed as a privilege rather than a burden.—
Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Etiquette.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/etiquette. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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