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manner meaning

EN[ˈmænə] [ˈmænɚ]
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    Definition of manner in English Dictionary

  • NounPLmanners
    1. Mode of action; way of performing or effecting anything; method; style; form; fashion.
      1. Characteristic mode of acting, conducting, carrying one's self; bearing; habitual style.
        1. His natural manner makes him seem like the boss. ‎
      2. Customary method of acting; habit.
        1. These people have strange manners. ‎
      3. Carriage; behavior; deportment; also, becoming behavior; well-bred carriage and address.
        1. 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.
      4. The style of writing or thought of an author; characteristic peculiarity of an artist.
        1. Certain degree or measure.
          1. It is in a manner done already. ‎
        2. Sort; kind; style.
          1. All manner of persons participate. ‎
        3. Standards of conduct cultured and product of mind.
          1. Corruption of mainor, in the phrase "with the manner" i.e. in the very act, red handed.
          2. More Examples
            1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
              • It catches an American athleticism and energetic team spirit that still seem to smash European notions of ballet classicism, as does its dancers’ selfless manner and their practicelike costumes.
              • There were no robbers, nor murderers, neither were there Lamanites, nor any manner of -ites; but they were in one, the children of Christ, and heirs to the kingdom of God.
              • Early depictions were anastasic, the empty cross symbolizing the resurrection and hiding the manner of Jesus' death.
            2. Used in the Beginning of Sentence
              • manner turbid [ …] and strown with blemishes. — M. Arnold.
            3. Used in the Ending of Sentence
              • In [ 159 ], the cardiac sonospectrographic analyzer (CSA) output and the CT data of 200 patients were prospectively analyzed and compared in a double-blinded manner.
              • I'll thank you not to answer back like that! Where are your manners?
              • Rhodamine 123, a fluorescent probe that is also a recognized ABC substrate, was similarly directed to the hemosome in a CsA-sensitive manner.
          • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
            1. Nouns
              • Countable nouns
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            Grammatically, this word "manner" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.
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