Definition of 'manner'
Word forms: manners
1. singular noun
The manner in which you do something is the way that you do it.
2. singular noun
Someone's manner is the way in which they behave and talk when they are with other people, for example
whether they are polite, confident, or bad-tempered.
3. plural noun
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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 manualWord Frequency
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
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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
- Spanish: manera
- Swedish: sätt
- Thai: ลักษณะท่าทาง
- Turkish: tavır
- Ukrainian: манера
- Vietnamese: cách thức
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