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Mannered adj.

Having a certain way, esp. a polite way, of carrying and conducting one's self; as, a well-mannered child. "Give her princely training, that she may be Mannered as she is born."

Affected with mannerism; marked by excess of some characteristic peculiarity. "His style is in some degree mannered and confined."

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Etymology of 'Mannered'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Mannered" Quotes from Famous Books

... one of the North Side set was present, imparting to my room a general air of distinguished smartness, and in addition there were not a few of what Belknap-Jackson had called the "rabble," persons of no social value, to be sure, but honest, well-mannered folk, small tradesmen, shop-assistants, and the like. These plain people, I may say, I took especial pains to welcome and put at their ease, for I had resolved, in effect, to be one of them, after the manner prescribed by ...

— Ruggles of Red Gap • Harry Leon Wilson

... roamed about freely enough on both sides, sometimes spending hours at a stretch, not only on Government land but "within bounds," for the pleasure of spying on the military from a hiding-place in some pine grove or furze patch. I was seldom challenged, and the sentinels I came across were very mild-mannered men; they never ordered me away; they only said, or hinted, that the place I was in was not supposed to be ...

— Afoot in England • W.H. Hudson

... putting his guest entirely at his ease by his own pleasant and friendly manner. He had picked up the English actor on the road, liked his readiness to be helpful (always an attraction to him in any one), found him well-mannered and intelligent, and brought him home to rest and chat in the pleasant summer afternoon. To Bernard he was simply the plain Virginia gentleman, with a liberal and cultivated interest in men and things, ...

— George Washington, Vol. II • Henry Cabot Lodge

... ill-mannered if I ask how you ever came to choose such a profession at all? I wondered about it the ...

— Captain Desmond, V.C. • Maud Diver

... fondness for leather. Undoubtedly it is palatable to them. But this fact would not justify them in the attempt they made to appropriate to themselves Herbert's boots. The propriety of such an act was most questionable, and no well mannered rats would have allowed themselves to become a party to such a raid. But as a matter of fact, and as Herbert learned to his sorrow, there were no well mannered rats at old Gunwagner's—none but ...

— The Boy Broker - Among the Kings of Wall Street • Frank A. Munsey

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