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noun

Manner n.

1.

Mode of action; way of performing or effecting anything; method; style; form; fashion. "The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land." "The temptations of prosperity insinuate themselves after a gentle, but very powerful, manner."

2.

Characteristic mode of acting, conducting, carrying one's self, or the like; bearing; habitual style. Specifically:

(a)

Customary method of acting; habit. "Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them." "Air and manner are more expressive than words."

(b)

pl. Carriage; behavior; deportment; also, becoming behavior; well-bred carriage and address; as, mind your manners!. "Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices."

(c)

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

3.

Certain degree or measure; as, it is in a manner done already. "The bread is in a manner common."

4.

Sort; kind; style; in this application sometimes having the sense of a plural, sorts or kinds; as, all manners of people came to the rally. "And they being afraid wondered, saying to one another, What manner of man is this! for he commandeth even the winds and the water, and they obey him." "Ye tithe mint, and rue, and all manner of herbs." "I bid thee say, What manner of man art thou?" Note: In old usage, of was often omitted after manner, when employed in this sense. "A manner Latin corrupt was her speech."

By any manner of means, in any way possible; by any sort of means.

To be taken in the manner or To be taken with the manner. To be taken in the very act. (Obs.) See Mainor.

To make one's manners, to make a bow or courtesy; to offer salutation.

Manners bit, a portion left in a dish for the sake of good manners.

Synonyms: Method; mode; custom; habit; fashion; air; look; mien; aspect; appearance. See Method.

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"Manner" Quotes from Famous Books

... meets the new-comer with as large a share of kindness as she can force into her manner; but her welcome lacks, somehow, the sympathetic glow to which Adele has been used; it has not even the spontaneity and heartiness which had belonged to the greeting of that worldly woman, Mrs. Brindlock. And as the wondering little stranger passes up the path, and into the door ...

— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 • Various

... some of the Germans who came to buy land and settle, chose rather to put away their money, and sell themselves as redemptioners to English families, so that they might learn the English language and manner of living. Then, when they had educated themselves in this practical manner, and their time of service was over, they could buy land, and establish themselves on terms of equality with their ...

— Stories of New Jersey • Frank Richard Stockton

... this way take care to choose firm, hard ground for the bottoms of their pools. There are sluices attached to these pools by which any water that may not evaporate is drawn off. Salt is made in this manner in many southern countries—in Spain and Portugal, in France, and other countries that lie around the Mediterranean; also in India, China, Siam, and the island ...

— The Desert Home - The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness • Mayne Reid

... imagine but that when Noah was tossed with the flood, and Lot within the scent and smell of the fire and brimstone that burned down Sodom with his sons and daughters, and Gideon, when so fiercely engaged with so great an enemy, and delivered by so strange a hand, should in the most solemn manner both promise and vow to God? But behold, now they in truth are delivered and saved, they recompense all with sin: "Lord, what is man? how abominable and filthy is man, who drinketh ...

— The Riches of Bunyan • Jeremiah Rev. Chaplin

... gain the victory. The retiarii have the head bare, except a fillet bound round the hair; they have no shield, but the left side is covered with a demi-cuiarass, and the left arm protected in the usual manner, except that the shoulder-piece is very high. They wear the caliga, or low boot common to the Roman soldiery, and bear the trident; but the net with which they endeavored to envelop their adversaries is nowhere visible. This bas-relief is terminated by the combat ...

— Museum of Antiquity - A Description of Ancient Life • L. W. Yaggy

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