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Meaning of 'manner' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Manner [ n.]
- Mode of action; way of performing or effecting anything; method; style; form; fashion.
- Characteristic mode of acting, conducting, carrying one's self, or the like; bearing; habitual style.
- Customary method of acting; habit.
- Carriage; behavior; deportment; also, becoming behavior; well-bred carriage and address.
- The style of writing or thought of an author; characteristic peculiarity of an artist.
- Certain degree or measure; as, it is in a manner done already.
- Sort; kind; style; -- in this application sometimes having the sense of a plural, sorts or kinds.

Meaning of 'manner' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . manner [ n]
Meaning (1):
- how something is done or how it happens
Example in sentence:
  • a lonely way of life;
  • her dignified manner;
  • his rapid manner of talking;
  • in an abrasive fashion;
  • in the characteristic New York style;
  • their nomadic mode of existence
Meaning (2):
- a kind
Example in sentence:
  • what manner of man are you?

Nearby Words:

man man-eater manable manace manacle manacled manacling manage manageability manageable

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