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MILD-MANNERED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mild-mannered mean?
• MILD-MANNERED (adjective)
The adjective MILD-MANNERED has 1 sense:
1. behaving in or having a mild or gentle manner
Familiarity information: MILD-MANNERED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Behaving in or having a mild or gentle manner
Similar:
mild (moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme)
Context examples
Was there ever a more mild-mannered, Sunday-school young man?
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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