manner

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Mode of action

   Mode of action; way of performing or doing anything.

   • The treacherous manner of his mournful death.
2. 2

   Characteristic mode of acting or behaving

   Characteristic mode of acting or behaving; bearing.

   • His natural manner makes him seem like the boss.
3. 3

   One's customary method of acting

   One's customary method of acting; habit.

   • These people have strange manners.
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   1. 4

      Good, polite behaviour.

      • Harriet was not insensible of manner; she had voluntarily noticed her father’s gentleness with admiration as well as wonder. Mr. Martin looked as if he did not know what manner was.
      • But Sophia's mother was not the woman to brook defiance. After a few moments' vain remonstrance her husband complied. His manner and appearance were suggestive of a satiated sea-lion.
   2. 5

      The style of writing or thought of an author

      The style of writing or thought of an author; the characteristic peculiarity of an artist.

   3. 6

      A certain degree or measure.

      • It is in a manner done already.
      • The fact that we have hundreds of positive, lesbian-affirming novels available today in no manner takes away from the basic high romance of The Price of Salt. The new edition is virtually the same in text as the original.
   4. 7

      Sort

      Sort; kind; style.

      • All manner of persons participate.
   5. 8

      Standards of conduct cultured and product of mind.

   6. 9

      To instill manners into.

      • They are there to manner a child's natural abilities. They are culture club authorities and representatives. They teach children appropriate public (and private) behavior; […]
   7. 10

      Something involving or requiring the specified number of men or people.

      • It was rather ironic that my first fire in every one of my three smokejunping ^([sic]) years was a high-mountain two-manner . . . and they all were on the Flathead National Forest […]
   8. 11

      A surname.

The neighborhood