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• (fillet)- a narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband;<br />

• (coiffure)- a style of arranging or combing the hair, ( );Her blond<br />

hair was drawn high up in an eighteenth century coiffure, and her high pale<br />

face looked like a cameo or an old coin. — Celibates;<br />

demeanor = behavior = deportment<br />

• (demeanor)- conduct; behavior; deportment, ( - ; ); The<br />

General was much impressed by her modest demeanor, and surprised to see<br />

the refinement and beauty she possessed. — Iola Leroy Shadows Uplifted;<br />

• (deportment)- (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward<br />

other people; He was grave and dignified in his deportment, and polished<br />

and courteous in every action. — Great Fortunes and How They Were Made;<br />

frigid {arctic = frozen = glacial}<br />

• (frigid)- without warmth of feeling; without ardor or enthusiasm, ( ,<br />

, , ); The night was rapidly turning frigid, and the few<br />

people who hurried past were bent on their destinations. — Muller, Marcia -<br />

[20] - While Other People Sleep;<br />

• (arctic)- extremely cold;<br />

• (glacial)- of or pertaining to glaciers or ice sheets;<br />

• bitterly cold; icy, ( ; ); His tone was glacial, his expression<br />

remote, his eyes the color of flint;<br />

chilly : warm : affable = amiable = cordial = genial<br />

• (chilly)- appreciably or disagreeably cold;<br />

• (affable)- pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to; friendly; cordial;<br />

warmly polite, ( , ); His manners were<br />

most affable, and he spoke with so much politeness as to win all hearts. —<br />

Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete;<br />

• (amiable)- having or showing pleasant, good-natured personal qualities;<br />

affable, ( , , ); His sense of gratitude had<br />

kept him unusually amiable, and when a sullen fit took him his lieutenant<br />

Trevarthen had served for an admirable buffer. — Two Sides of the Face<br />

Midwinter Tales;<br />

• (cordial)- courteous and gracious; friendly; warm, ( , , ,<br />

); He was most cordial, and he made many enquiries about Lord<br />

Kitchener for whom he expressed the highest regard. — Experiences of a Dugout,<br />

1914-1918;<br />

• (geniality)- warmly and pleasantly cheerful; cordial,( ;<br />

); For all his geniality, there seemed something false in the<br />

commandant's manner. — dummyblind;

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