Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A way of doing something or the way in which a thing is done or happens: synonym: method.
- noun A way of acting; bearing or behavior.
- noun The socially correct way of acting; etiquette.
- noun The prevailing customs, social conduct, and norms of a specific society, period, or group, especially as the subject of a literary work.
- noun Practice, style, execution, or method in the arts.
- noun Kind; sort.
- noun Kinds; sorts.
- idiom (in a manner of speaking) In a way; so to speak.
- idiom (to the manner born) Accustomed to a position, custom, or lifestyle from or as if from birth.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Another form of
mainor . - noun An obsolete form of
manor . - noun The way in which an action is performed; method of doing anything; mode of proceeding in any case or situation; mode; way; method.
- noun Habitual practice; customary mode of acting or proceeding with respect to anything; characteristic way or style, as in art or literature; distinctive method; habit; style: as, one's manner of life; the manner of Titian, or of Dickens.
- noun Personal bearing or behavior; customary conduct; characteristic way of acting; wonted deportment or demeanor: most commonly in the plural: as, his manner was abrupt; good or bad manners; reformation of manners in a community.
- noun Specifically plural Good behavior; polite deportment; habitual practice of civility; commendable habits of conduct: as, have you no manners?
- noun The way in which anything is made or constituted; mode of being or formation; fashion; character; sort; kind: often used with all in a plural sense, equivalent to sorts or kinds: as, all manner of baked meats.
- noun [The word in this sense is frequently used in old English without of following, in a quasi-adjective use, like
kind of in modern English: as, manner folk, kind of people; manner crime, kind of crime, etc. - noun [Manner here is sometimes understood as manor (which was formerly also spelled
manner ), and is often changed to manor in the quotation to make the phrase applicable to locality.] Synonyms Manner, Mode, Method, Way. Manner is the least precise of these words, standing for sort or kind, custom, mode, method, or the like. Mode may mean a fashion, or a form or sort, as a mode of existence, or a single act or an established way, as a mode of disposing of refuse. Method implies a succession of acts tending to an end, as a method of slaughtering an ox or of solving a problem. Way is a very general word, in large popular use for each of the others, as a man's way of building a dam (method), of holding a pen (mode), of staring at strangers (manner). - noun Habit, Usage, etc. See
custom . - noun Manners, Morals, etc. See
morality .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Mode of action; way of performing or effecting anything; method; style; form; fashion.
- noun Characteristic mode of acting, conducting, carrying one's self, or the like; bearing; habitual style.
- noun Customary method of acting; habit.
- noun Carriage; behavior; deportment; also, becoming behavior; well-bred carriage and address.
- noun The style of writing or thought of an author; characteristic peculiarity of an artist.
- noun Certain degree or measure.
- noun Sort; kind; style; -- in this application sometimes having the sense of a plural, sorts or kinds.
- noun in any way possible; by any sort of means.
- noun [Obs.] To be taken in the very act.
- noun to make a bow or courtesy; to offer salutation.
- noun a portion left in a dish for the sake of good manners.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Mode of
action ; way ofperforming oreffecting anything; method; style; form; fashion. - noun
Characteristic mode of acting,conducting , carrying one's self; bearing; habitual style. - noun Customary method of acting; habit.
- noun Carriage; behavior; deportment; also, becoming behavior; well-bred carriage and address.
- noun The style of writing or thought of an author; characteristic peculiarity of an artist.
- noun Certain degree or measure; as, it is in a manner done already.
- noun Sort; kind; style
- noun standards of conduct cultured and product of mind.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun how something is done or how it happens
- noun a kind
- noun a way of acting or behaving
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In the later edition, he takes occasion to say, in this connection, 'that as writing in the received manner no way obstructs the _manner of pronunciation_, but leaves that _free_, an innovation in it is of no purpose.'
The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded Delia Bacon 1835
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For [6] when the ten Tribes were captivated, a Priest or the captivity was sent back to _Bethel_, by order of the King of _Assyria_, to instruct the new inhabitants of _Samaria_, in _the manner of the God of the land_; and the _Samaritans_ had the _Pentateuch_ from this Priest, as containing the law or _manner of the God of the land_, which he was to teach them.
Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John Isaac Newton 1684
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The quoit formerly ufed by the Gre - cians was made of (tones, brafsor iron, which they threw by the help of a thong, put through a hole in the middle of it, but in a manner entirely different from that in which they threw the dart: then 'the hands were lifted, up and extended, whereas the difcus was hurled in the manner* of a bowl.
Sporting Magazine 1796
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While the speech was breathtaking and inspirational, withholding such information in this manner is the same, in my opionion, as lying.
Steve Jobs' health was none of our business, unless he lied Tyler 2009
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Voting against a person who conducts him or herself in such a manner is absolutely justified.
Matthew Berry to challenge Jim Moran (D, VA-08). - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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To be challenged in such a manner is an irresistible red flag to men like this, and certainly no less of one because the challenger was a rude, loud, irreverent braggart who had never been victorious in actual air-to-air combat.
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To try to blame the difficulty away in this manner is a transparently empty dodge.
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"To help end the streak by contributing in this manner is a huge lift for me," Person said.
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"Well, you see," expounded John, unruffled, "as an adorer of the sex, and heir to a peerage, I shouldn't want to marry a woman unless I could support her in what they call a manner becoming her rank -- and I couldn't."
My Friend Prospero Henry Harland 1883
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[text in the screen at this time reads: 'the iron triangle'] One of the companies that operates in this manner is the Carlyle Group.
muamor commented on the word manner
...meaning continent.
June 27, 2007