Manner
['mænə] or ['mænɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a way of acting or behaving.
(noun.) how something is done or how it happens; 'her dignified manner'; 'his rapid manner of talking'; 'their nomadic mode of existence'; 'in the characteristic New York style'; 'a lonely way of life'; 'in an abrasive fashion'.
(noun.) a kind; 'what manner of man are you?'.
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Definition
(n.) Mode of action; way of performing or effecting anything; method; style; form; fashion.
(n.) Characteristic mode of acting, conducting, carrying one's self, or the like; bearing; habitual style.
(n.) Customary method of acting; habit.
(n.) Carriage; behavior; deportment; also, becoming behavior; well-bred carriage and address.
(n.) The style of writing or thought of an author; characteristic peculiarity of an artist.
(n.) Certain degree or measure; as, it is in a manner done already.
(n.) Sort; kind; style; -- in this application sometimes having the sense of a plural, sorts or kinds.
Editor: Sasha
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Method, mode, fashion, form, way, style, cast.[2]. Custom, habit, practice.[3]. Degree, measure, extent.[4]. [Sing, and pl.] Sort, kind, sorts, kinds.[5]. Behavior, carriage, deportment.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Mode, method, style, form, fashion, carriage, behavior, deportment, habit,sort, kind
ANT:Work, project, design, performance, life, action, proceeding, appearance,being
Typist: Ruth
Definition
n. the way in which anything is done: method: fashion: personal style of acting or bearing one's self: habit: custom: style of writing or of thought: sort: style: (pl.) morals: good behaviour: character: respectful deportment.—adj. Mann′ered having manners (esp. in compounds as well- or ill-mannered): affected with mannerism: artificial: stilted.—ns. Mann′erism a constant sameness of manner: a marked peculiarity of style or manner esp. in literary composition: manner or style becoming wearisome by its sameness; Mann′erist one addicted to mannerism.—adj. Manneris′tic.—adv. Manneris′tically.—n. Mann′erliness.—adj. Mann′erly showing good manners: well-behaved: complaisant: not rude.—adv. with good manners: civilly: respectfully: without rudeness.—By no manner of means under no circumstances whatever; In a manner to a certain degree; In or With the manner (B.) in the very act; Make one's manners to salute a person on meeting by a bow courtesy &c.; Shark's manners rapacity; To the manner born accustomed to something from birth.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of seeing ugly-mannered persons, denotes failure to carry out undertakings through the disagreeableness of a person connected with the affair. If you meet people with affable manners, you will be pleasantly surprised by affairs of moment with you taking a favorable turn.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
A difficult symphony in the key of B natural.
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Examples
- His manner appeared to have altered strangely in the interval since I had last seen him. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- There was an absence of all lady-like restraint in her language and manner most painful to see. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Yes,' said Lizzie, whose manner was a little troubled. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He lost the genial suavity of manner which is one of his greatest charMs. A noble indignation inspired his reply. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Yes, he said, I think that he would rather suffer anything than entertain these false notions and live in this miserable manner. Plato. The Republic.
- That stupendous character looked at him, in the course of his official looking at the dinners, in a manner that Mr Dorrit considered questionable. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Homologous parts tend to vary in the same manner, and homologous parts tend to cohere. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- But I wasn't crazy in any complicated manner. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- At last he was happily got down without any accident, and then he began to beat Mr. Guppy with a hoop-stick in quite a frantic manner. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Provisions are thereby rendered dearer, in the same manner as if it required extraordinary labour and expense to raise them. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- We can, however, see in a general manner that various causes might have interfered with the development of a long neck or proboscis. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- These conditions, stated in an orderly sequence, would constitute the method or way or manner of its growth. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- To obtain a true photograph, the negative is placed on a piece of sensitive photographic paper, or paper coated with a silver salt in the same manner as the plate and films. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Thus our general rules are in a manner set in opposition to each other. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Tease calmness of manner and presence of mind! Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Why, the breeches-maker, said Bob Manners, speaking very slow. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I join to it the conception of a particular government, and religion, and manners. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The gal's manners is dreadful vulgar; and the boy breathes so very hard while he's eating, that we found it impossible to sit at table with him. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Those who are showing the world what female manners _should_ be, said Mr. Bertram gallantly, are doing a great deal to set them right. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- This second cousin was a Middlemarch mercer of polite manners and superfluous aspirates. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Mrs. Weston's manners, said Emma, were always particularly good. Jane Austen. Emma.
- You must have been aware, continued Sir Thomas presently, you must have been some time aware of a particularity in Mr. Crawford's manners to you. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Then, her understanding was beyond every suspicion, quick and clear; and her manners were the mirror of her own modest and elegant mind. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- His manners were perfect, and his courtliness was that of a typical southern gentleman of the highest type. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- The old parsons is worth the whole lump of college lads; they know what belongs to good manners, and is kind to high and low. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I put good manners first, and Miss Garth will know how to conduct herself in any station. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Certainly his manners seemed more disagreeable by the morning light. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I like your nice manners and refined ways of speaking, when you don't try to be elegant. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Indeed, I never thought about myself or him, so my manners must have shown the truth. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I was soon introduced into the presence of the magistrate, an old benevolent man, with calm and mild manners. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
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