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MANNER OF WALKING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does manner of walking mean?
• MANNER OF WALKING (noun)
The noun MANNER OF WALKING has 1 sense:
1. manner of walking
Familiarity information: MANNER OF WALKING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Manner of walking
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
manner of walking; walk
Context example:
he had a funny walk
Hypernyms ("manner of walking" is a kind of...):
bearing; carriage; posture (characteristic way of bearing one's body)
Context examples
A woman must have a thorough knowledge of music, singing, drawing, dancing, and the modern languages, to deserve the word; and besides all this, she must possess a certain something in her air and manner of walking, the tone of her voice, her address and expressions, or the word will be but half-deserved.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
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