Results for manner

Definitions of manner:

part of speech: noun

Mode of action: way of performing anything: method: fashion: peculiar deportment: habit: custom: style of writing or thought: sort: style:- pl. morals: behavior: deportment: respectful deportment.

part of speech: noun

Form; method; habit; sort or kind; way of performing or doing; peculiar carriage or deportment. Note.- As applied to art, manner has two quite different significations; in the one, it signifies a peculiarity of habit, and implies a kind of reproach against an artist; in the other, it is the artist's peculiar way of choosing, imagining, and representing his subjects, including what are called his style and handling.

part of speech: noun

Method; mode of action; habit; a way of acting; custom; sort; kind; species; aspect; style; fashion.

Usage examples for manner:

• His manner was as if nothing had happened. "The Coast of Chance", Esther Chamberlain Lucia Chamberlain

• And this was the manner of it. "The Woman Who Did", Grant Allen

• In this manner Connor went out of Lukin. "The Garden of Eden", Max Brand

• You won't mind my talking a bit in the old manner "Foe-Farrell", Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch