Manner
Origin
From Anglo-Norman manere, from Old French maniere, from Vulgar Latin *manaria, from feminine of Latin manuarius ("belonging to the hand"), from manus ("hand")
Full definition of manner
Noun
manner
(plural manners)- Mode of action; way of performing or effecting anything; method; style; form; fashion.
- William Shakespeare (1564-1616)The treacherous manner of his mournful death.
- 1918, W. B. Maxwell, The Mirror and the Lamp Chapter 15, Edward Churchill still attended to his work in a hopeless mechanical manner like a sleep-walker who walks safely on a well-known round. But his Roman collar galled him, his cossack stifled him, his biretta was as uncomfortable as a merry-andrew's cap and bells.
- Characteristic mode of acting, conducting, carrying one's self; bearing; habitual style.His natural manner makes him seem like the boss.
- 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. HammondDuring the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant...
- Customary method of acting; habit.These people have strange manners.
- Carriage; behavior; deportment; also, becoming behavior; well-bred carriage and address.
- 1922, Ben Travers, A Cuckoo in the Nest Chapter 6, 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.
- The style of writing or thought of an author; characteristic peculiarity of an artist.
- Certain degree or measure.It is in a manner done already.
- Sort; kind; style.All manner of persons participate.
- Standards of conduct cultured and product of mind.