mild-mannered

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   behaving in or having a mild or gentle manner

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Questions about mild-mannered

What does mild-mannered mean?

mild-mannered means "behaving in or having a mild or gentle manner".

How many syllables are in mild-mannered?

mild-mannered has 3 syllables: mild--man-nered. The stress falls on "mild-".

Is mild-mannered a common word?

mild-mannered is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.