Definitions
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- adjective behaving in or having a mild or gentle manner
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Examples
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Described as "mild-mannered", this former Soviet double agent now lives in retirement in California with his wife Nadia and grown up daughter Olga, an occupational therapist.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Karim, described as "mild-mannered, well-educated and respectful", hid his hatred for Western ways from colleagues by joining a gym, playing football and never airing extreme views but he was using his access to the airline's offices in Newcastle and at Heathrow to spread confidential information., the court heard.
WalesOnline - Home 2011
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Described as mild-mannered and private, Lindner was also known as fiercely competitive and an eternal optimist who carried a stack of cards bearing sayings such as Only in America.
unknown title 2011
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Described as mild-mannered and private, Lindner was also known as fiercely competitive and an eternal optimist who carried a stack of cards bearing sayings such as Only in America.
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Karim, described as "mild-mannered, well-educated and respectful", hid his hatred for Western ways from colleagues by joining a gym, playing football and never airing extreme views.
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Described as "mild-mannered", this former Soviet double agent now lives in retirement in California with his wife Nadia and grown up daughter Olga, an occupational therapist.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Karim, described as "mild-mannered, well-educated and respectful", hid his hatred for Western ways from colleagues by joining a gym, playing football and never airing extreme views.
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Described as "mild-mannered", this former Soviet double agent now lives in retirement in California with his wife Nadia and grown up daughter Olga, an occupational therapist.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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They are less convinced that religious diversity is a good thing, and probably for that reason they are more bothered by an alien religion, even one as mild-mannered as Buddhism.
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
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During the bus boycott, local civil rights leaders described her to the press as “mild-mannered and soft-spoken,” a “lady . . . who was too sweet to even say damn in anger,” and “a typical American housewife.”
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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