manner
    n 1: 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" [syn:
         manner, mode, style, way, fashion]
    2: a way of acting or behaving [syn: manner, personal
       manner]
    3: a kind; "what manner of man are you?"

Manner \Man"ner\, n. [OE. manere, F. mani[`e]re, 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.
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            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.
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            The temptations of prosperity insinuate themselves
            after a gentle, but very powerful, manner.
                                                  --Atterbury.
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   2. Characteristic mode of acting, conducting, carrying one's
      self, or the like; bearing; habitual style.
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      (a) Customary method of acting; habit.
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                Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them.
                                                  --Acts xvii.
                                                  2.
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                Air and manner are more expressive than words.
                                                  --Richardson.
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      (b) pl. Carriage; behavior; deportment; also, becoming
          behavior; well-bred carriage and address; as, mind
          your manners!.
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                Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.
                                                  --Emerson.
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      (c) The style of writing or thought of an author;
          characteristic peculiarity of an artist.
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   3. Certain degree or measure; as, it is in a manner done
      already.
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            The bread is in a manner common.      --1 Sam.
                                                  xxi.5.
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   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.
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            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.                             --Luke 8: 25.

            Ye tithe mint, and rue, and all manner of herbs.
                                                  --Luke xi. 42.
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            I bid thee say,
            What manner of man art thou?          --Coleridge.
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   Note: In old usage, of was often omitted after manner, when
         employed in this sense. "A manner Latin corrupt was her
         speech." --Chaucer.
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   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.
      [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.
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   Syn: Method; mode; custom; habit; fashion; air; look; mien;
        aspect; appearance. See Method.
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