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# demeanour

«demeanour» in Mova's school dictionary: **the way they look and behave, which shows their mood or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (demeanour — usually uncountable; US spelling demeanor)

### meaning for a pupil

Someone's demeanour is the way they look and behave, which shows their mood or character. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/demeanour/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, a character's demeanour (calm, nervous, cheerful, cold) helps the reader understand them without being told directly. In school reports and formal speech, it describes how someone carries themselves. Phrases: «a calm demeanour», «a friendly demeanour», «change of demeanour».

### examples

- She kept a calm demeanour during the exam. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/demeanour/#x1)
- His cheerful demeanour made everyone smile. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/demeanour/#x2)
- The detective noticed the man's nervous demeanour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/demeanour/#x3)
- The judge had a serious demeanour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/demeanour/#x4)
- Her demeanour changed when she heard the good news. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/demeanour/#x5)
- The new teacher's friendly demeanour put us at ease. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/demeanour/#x6)

### note

UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ and Canada spell it demeanour; the US spells it demeanor. Formal; simpler: manner, behaviour.

### In the corpora

- [A Psalm of David; when he changed his demeanour before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.506/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «demeanour» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/demeanour/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.