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Manner   /mˈænər/   Listen
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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... presence, nor its plenty, that the Concrete is qualify'd to perform such and such Effects; as upon the account of the particular texture of that and the other Ingredients, associated after a determinate Manner into one Concrete (though possibly such a proportion of that ingredient may be more convenient than an other for the constituting of such a body.) Thus in a clock the hand is mov'd upon the dyal, the bell is struck, ...
— The Sceptical Chymist • Robert Boyle
... already begun among them, and thus becoming, with their rich and extensive Territories, of the number of those fortunate States in which the suppression of slavery gives the signal for the fruitful invasion of immigrants, for agricultural progress, for wealth, and for credit. In this manner the "patriarchal institution" will disappear peaceably from the intermediate region, while it will be threatened by more terrible shocks ...
— The Uprising of a Great People • Count Agenor de Gasparin
... Masons in the ancient temple), is derived, signifies also in Hebrew to be perfected, to be completed. The third degree is the perfection of the symbolism of the temple, and its lessons lead us to the completion of life. In like manner the Mysteries, says Christie, "were termed [Greek: teletai], perfections, because they were supposed to induce a perfectness of life. Those who were purified by them were styled [Greek: teloume/noi], and [Greek: tetelesme/noi], that is, brought to ...
— The Symbolism of Freemasonry • Albert G. Mackey
... Miss Stivergill with a satisfied nod.—"Now, Lilly," she added, with the decision of tone and manner peculiar to her, "I mean to make some arrangements. The farmer next to me has a very pretty villa, as you are aware, on the brow of the hill that overlooks the whole country in the direction of London. It is at present to let. Mr Blurt must take it. Beside ...
— Post Haste • R.M. Ballantyne
... he walked homewards by the lake's edge, wondered where and in what manner Macdermott and Garth had emerged, or would emerge, to ...
— Mystery at Geneva - An Improbable Tale of Singular Happenings • Rose Macaulay


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