Definition of Comportment

1. Noun. Dignified manner or conduct.

Exact synonyms: Bearing, Mien, Presence
Generic synonyms: Manner, Personal Manner
Specialized synonyms: Dignity, Gravitas, Lordliness
Derivative terms: Bear, Comport, Comport

Definition of Comportment

1. n. Manner of acting; behavior; bearing.

Definition of Comportment

1. Noun. The manner in which one behaves or conducts oneself ¹

2. Noun. deportment, bearing ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Comportment

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Comportment

componentizes
componentizing
components
components of mastication
components of occlusion
componentwise
compony
comport
comportable
comportance
comportances
comportation
comportations
comported
comporting
comportment (current term)
comportments
comports
compos
compos mentis
compos mentis(p)
composability
composable
compose
composed
composedly
composedness
composednesses
composer
composerly

Literary usage of Comportment

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Natural Laws of Husbandry by Justus Liebig, John Blyth (1863)
"... comportment of land-plants to solutions of salts In the soil—Use of those mineral matters which arc constant in different species of plants ; iron, ..."

2. The Natural Laws of Husbandry by Justus Liebig, John Blyth (1863)
"... indication in the comportment of clover soils with solution of gypsum ; such solution disperses potash and magnesia in the soil—Manures, their effect ..."

3. A Manual of the Infusoria: Including a Description of All Known Flagellate by William Saville-Kent (1880)
"While occurring abundantly in the open water,—where its comportment corresponds with that of the species previously described, numbers were found imbedded ..."

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