non-Uadjective
uk/ˌnɒnˈjuː/us/ˌnɑːnˈjuː/UK old-fashionedBehaviour or ways of speaking that are non-U would not be considered acceptable by people of high social class.
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U, u adjective
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Manners & levels of formality
- buttoned-down
- ceremonial
- ceremonious
- ceremony
- decency
- formal
- formally
- genteel
- gentility
- grace
- ground rules
- impropriety
- propriety
- pukka
- refinement
- solemnity
- stand on ceremony idiom
- stiff
- stiffly
- valediction
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