MANNER

manner, personal manner

(noun) a way of acting or behaving

manner, mode, style, way, fashion

(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”

manner

(noun) a kind; “what manner of man are you?”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Proper noun

Manner (plural Manners)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Manner is the 30946^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 751 individuals. Manner is most common among White (84.15%) individuals.

Etymology

Noun

manner (plural manners)

Mode of action; way of performing or doing anything

Characteristic mode of acting or behaving; bearing

One's customary method of acting; habit.

good, polite behaviour

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

A certain degree or measure.

Sort; kind; style.

Standards of conduct cultured and product of mind.

Synonyms

(mode of action): method; style; form; fashion; way

Source: Wiktionary

Man"ner, n. Etym: [OE. manere, F. manière, from OF. manier, adj., manual, skillful, handy, fr. (assumed) LL. manarius, for L. manuarius belonging to the hand, fr. manus the hand. See Manual.]

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. 2 Kings xvii. 26. The temptations of prosperity insinuate themselves after a gentle, but very powerful,manner. Atterbury.

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. Acts xvii. 2. Air and manner are more expressive than words. Richardson. (b) pl.

Definition: Carriage; behavior; deportment; also, becoming behavior; well- bred carriage and address. Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices. Emerson.

3. Certain degree or measure; as, it is in a manner done already. The bread is in a manner common. 1 Sam. xxi.5.

4. Sort; kind; style; -- in this application sometimes having the sense of a plural, sorts or kinds. Ye tithe mint, and rue, and all manner of herbs. Luke xi. 42. I bid thee say, What manner of man art thou Coleridge.

Note: In old usage, of was often omitted after manner, when employed in this sense. "A manner Latin corrupt was her speech." Chaucer. By any manner of means, in any way possible; by any sort of means.

– To be taken in, or with the manner. Etym: [A corruption of to be taken in the mainor. See Mainor.] 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. Hallwell.

Syn.

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

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition