COMPORTMENT

bearing, comportment, presence, mien

(noun) dignified manner or conduct

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

comportment (countable and uncountable, plural comportments)

The manner in which one behaves or conducts oneself

deportment, bearing

Source: Wiktionary


Com*port"ment, n. Etym: [F. comportement.]

Definition: Manner of acting; behavior; bearing. A graceful comportment of their bodies. Cowley. Her serious and devout comportment. Addison.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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25 February 2025

ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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