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 30946th 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.
(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. 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