n.
- a way in which something is done or happens.
- a style in literature or art.
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(manner of)
chiefly literary a kind or sort.
- a person's outward bearing or way of behaving towards others.
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(manners)
polite or well-bred social behaviour.
▸social behaviour or habits.
Phrase
- all manner of
many different kinds of. - in a manner of speaking
in some sense; so to speak. - to the manner born
naturally at ease in a specified job or situation.
[with allusion to Shakespeare's Hamlet i. iv. 17.]
Derivative
Etymology
ME: from OFr. maniere, based on L. manuarius ‘of the hand’, from manus ‘hand’.