All 4 Uses
demeanor
in
The Gold-Bug
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- He now grew more composed in his demeanor; but his original air of enthusiasm had quite disappeared.†
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- His demeanor was dogged in the extreme, and "dat deuced bug" were the sole words which escaped his lips during the journey.†
- Perhaps there was something, amid all the extravagant demeanor of Legrand—some air of forethought, or of deliberation, which impressed me.†
- In this expedition to the 'Bishop's Hotel' I had been attended by Jupiter, who had, no doubt, observed, for some weeks past, the abstraction of my demeanor, and took especial care not to leave me alone.†
Definitions:
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(1)
(demeanor) the manner in which a person behaves
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much more rarely, the verb form may be used as a synonym for behave as in: "Try to demean yourself with dignity."