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
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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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Quotations
Manners are the
happy ways of doing things; each once a
stroke of
genius or of love,
now
repeated and
hardened into
usageThe Conduct of Life
Manners maketh man
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In other languages
manner
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
- 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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