Definition of 'manner'
Word forms: plural manners
1. singular noun
The manner in which you do something is the way that you do it.
2. singular noun [with supplement]
3. singular noun [usually poss NOUN]
4. plural noun
5. See also bedside manner, table manners
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manner in British English
noun
1.
a way of doing or being
6. See by all manner of means
7. See by no manner of means
8. See in a manner of speaking
9. See to the manner born
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Word origin
C12: via Norman French from Old French maniere, from Vulgar Latin manuāria (unattested) a way of handling something, noun use of Latin manuārius belonging to the hand, from manus hand
manner in American English
noun
2.
b.
distinguished bearing or behavior
3. [pl.]
b.
good manners, bad manners
c.
polite ways of social behavior; deportment conforming with polite conventions
a child who has no manners
4.
characteristic style or method in art, music, literature, etc.
SIMILAR WORDS: ˈbearing
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Word origin
ME manere < OFr maniere < VL *manaria < L manuarius, of the hand < manus, a hand: see manualExamples of 'manner' in a sentence
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British English: manner
/ˈmænə/ NOUN
The manner in which you do something is the way that you do it.
She smiled in a friendly manner.
- American English: manner /ˈmænər/
- Arabic: سُلُوك
- Brazilian Portuguese: maneira
- Chinese: 举止
- Croatian: način
- Czech: způsob
- Danish: måde
- Dutch: manier
- European Spanish: manera
- Finnish: tapa tyyli
- French: manière
- German: Art
- Greek: τρόπος
- Italian: maniera
- Japanese: 方法
- Korean: 방식
- Norwegian: måte
- Polish: sposób
- European Portuguese: maneira
- Romanian: mod
- Russian: способ
- Latin American Spanish: manera
- Swedish: sätt
- Thai: ลักษณะท่าทาง
- Turkish: tavır
- Ukrainian: манера
- Vietnamese: cách thức
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