单词 | soft-mannered |
释义 | > as lemmassoft-mannered soft-mannered adj. gentle and not given to extremes of emotion; mild-mannered. ΚΠ 1756 Evening Advertiser 24 Aug. The soft-mannered tip-toe gentleman. 1847 B. Disraeli Tancred III. v. ii. 20 Amiable and brave, trustworthy and soft-mannered. 1997 J. Updike Toward End of Time 262 My two soft-mannered half-African grandchildren endured with ironic smiles the clumsy bumptiousness of their little white cousins. < as lemmas |
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