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  • In appearance and atmosphere he was a strapping big college man, smooth-faced and easy-mannered, clean and simple and wholesome, with a known record of being a splendid athlete and an implied vast possession of cold culture of the inhibited sort.

    SOUTH OF THE SLOT 2010

  • In appearance and atmosphere he was a strapping big college man, smooth-faced and easy-mannered, clean and simple and wholesome, with a known record of being a splendid athlete and an implied vast possession of cold culture of the inhibited sort.

    SOUTH OF THE SLOT 2010

  • As for Young, whom Burton considered “no common man,” Twain found him “quiet, kindly, easy-mannered, dignified, and self-possessed.”

    LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010

  • As for Young, whom Burton considered “no common man,” Twain found him “quiet, kindly, easy-mannered, dignified, and self-possessed.”

    LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010

  • The easy-mannered man appears to be in control in any situation.

    Where is the Fine Line Between Chivalry and Sexism? | Impact Lab 2007

  • One fine morning there came to see him a certain Bublitsyn, an easy-mannered and very agreeable young man.

    A Desperate Character 2006

  • On the third day after their arrival, the wife of the British minister came to call upon Lady Rowley, and the wife of the British minister was good-natured, easy-mannered, and very much given to conversation.

    He Knew He Was Right 2004

  • At the same time, she had a fancy for the merry and easy-mannered Drouet, who threw her a pleasant remark now and then, and in other ways extended her the evidence of that regard which he had for all members of the sex.

    Sister Carrie 2004

  • At ten o'clock in the morning Liputin's servant Agafya, an easy-mannered, lively, rosy-cheeked peasant woman of thirty, made her appearance at Stavrogin's house, with a message for Nikolay

    The Possessed 2003

  • Yet he was easy-mannered, and could laugh, though not over often.

    The Persian Boy Renault, Mary 1972

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