Manner

Noun

 * 1) Mode of action; way of performing or effecting anything; method; style; form; fashion.
 * The treacherous manner of his mournful death. - Shakespeare
 * 1) Characteristic mode of acting, conducting, carrying one's self; bearing; habitual style.
 * His natural manner makes him seem like the boss.
 * 1) Customary method of acting; habit.
 * These people have strange manners.
 * 1) Carriage; behavior; deportment; also, becoming behavior; well-bred carriage and address.
 * 2) The style of writing or thought of an author; characteristic peculiarity of an artist.
 * 3) Certain degree or measure; as, it is in a manner done already.
 * 4) Sort; kind; style
 * All manner of persons participate.
 * 1) standards of conduct cultured and product of mind.

Derived terms

 * bad manners
 * bedside manner
 * good manners
 * manner of articulation
 * mannered
 * mannerism


 * mannerist
 * mannerless
 * mannerly
 * overmanner
 * table manners
 * to the manner born

Adjectives for Manner
absorbing; abstracted; acceptable; accessible; accustomed; acquiesced; affable; affectionate;  aggressive;   agitated;   aimless; alarming; altered; ambiguous; amicable; amplest; apologetic; appropriate; approved; argumentative; aristocratic; arrogant; artificial; artist-like; assuming; astonishing; attitudinizing;  authoritative;   awkward; bantering; barbarous; base; bizarre; blackguardly; bland; bookish; boyish; brotherly; brusque; brutal; buoyant; burlesque; businesslike; calm; candid; casual; caustic; cautious; charming; chatty; cheap; chilling; circuitous; classical; clerkly; cogitating; collected; commodious; compendious; complacent; comprehended; confidential; connected; consummate; continuous; conventional; coquettish; cordial; corporate; correct; correctional; courteous; courtly; cowardly; creditable; crushing; cunning; customary; dainty; dazzling; debonair; deceptive; deferential; defying; delicate; delightful; depraved; deranged; derisive; derivative; despiteful; desultory; detached: dictatorial; different; diffident; dignified; discovered; discreditable; disdainful; disillusioned; disagreeable; derogatory; disquiet¬ing; distinctive; distressful; dreadful; earnest; elegant; embarrassed; enchained; enchanted; endearing; engaging; engrossed; entertaining; enviable; erratic; exasperating; exceptional; exhaustive; expressive extraordinary; fantastic; fawning; festive filial; finished; formal; forthright; frank friendly; frugal; gallant; gentle; glaring gleeful; greedy; guilty; guileless; gross haphazard; harmonious; haughty; hearty heavy; heedless; heroic; hideous; hospitable; hurried; identical; illiberal; imitating; immortal; impatient; impeccable; imperfect; imperturbable; imploring; incomparable ; incomprehensive; incongruous; independent; indescribable; indispensable; indolent; inexplicable; ingenious; ingratiating; inimitable; insinuating; insolent; insulting; interesting; intimate; intolerant; intricate; invidious; invincible; irreproachable; irreverent; irritated; joyless; kind; kingly; lamblike; languid; laughing; law-abiding; legitimate;  lethargic;  lifelike; loathed; longing; ludicrous; maidenly; majestic; manufactured; masonic; masterful; meek; meditative; metaphorical; methodic; modern; modest; monotonous; muffled; musing; native; negligent; obsessive; obstinate; odd; offensive; orderly; ordinary; orthodox; outrageous; particular; overbearing; patronizing; peerless; peculiar; perfunctory; persuasive; pert; pettish; picaresque; piquant; piteous; plausible; poetic; polished; polite; pompous; positive; pragmatic; precise; premature; prepossessing; priestlike; profitless; promiscuous; proper; propitiatory; prosy; protesting; provoking; punctilious; quiet; rational; rattling; realistic; reasonable; reckless; refreshing; reluctant; repulsive; respectable; rough; roundabout; rustic; ruthless; satisfactory; saucy; savage; self-reliant; selfsame; sensational; senten¬tious; sentimental; serene; shoddy; signal; silken;  similar;   simplified;   simulated; sketchy; soft; slovenly; social; solemn; spectacular; spurious; stainless; suave; sublime; substantial; suitable; summary; sumptuous; supercilious; superficial; superlative; systematic; tactful; tender; terrifying; theoretical; thoughtful; touching; two-fold; triumphant; tumultuous; typical; unaccountable; unaffected; unassuming; uncompromising; undemonstrative; undiscriminating; undisguised; unemotional; unenthusiastic; uneven; uneventful; unforgettable; ungracious; unique; unmistakable; unobtrusive; unofficial; unostentatious;  unprecedented; unpremeditated; unprincipled; unprofitable; unreserved; unsightly; unswerving; unusual; unwavering; uproarious; urbane; warning; warring; wholesome; winning; vivacious ; youthful; laughable.

Verbs for Manner
affect—; acquire—; adopt—; ape—; corrupt ——s; embolden—; evolve—; flaunt—s; inculcate—s; modify—; recover—; revitalize —; revolt against—s; tolerate—; transform —; —bullies; —cools; —enrages; —s root in; —shocks; adapt—.

Thesaurus
MO, action, actions, activity, acts, address, affectation, affectedness, air, algorithm, amenities, angle, appearance, approach, area, aspect, attack, attitude, bag, bearing, behavior, behavior pattern, behavioral norm, behavioral science, blood, bon ton, brand, breed, carriage, cast, ceremony, character, civility, clan, color, command of language, complexion, comportment, conduct, configuration, conformity, consuetude, convention, course, culture pattern, cup of tea, custom, decorum, demeanor, denomination, deportment, description, designation, doing, doings, effect, eidolon, established way, etiquette, exaggeration, expression of ideas, exteriority, externality, externalness, extrinsicality, facet, fashion, feather, feature, feeling for words, field, figure, folkway, foreignness, form, form of speech, formalities, forte, genre, genus, gestalt, gestures, goings-on, good form, grace of expression, grain, grandiloquence, guise, habit, habitude, idiosyncrasy, ilk, image, imago, impression, inflation, kidney, kin, kind, label, light, likeness, line, line of action, lineaments, lines, literary style, long suit, look, lot, main interest, maintien, make, manner of speaking, manner of working, mannerism, manners, mark, means, method, methodology, methods, metier, mien, mode, mode of expression, mode of operation, mode of procedure, modus, modus operandi, modus vivendi, mold, mores, motions, movements, moves, nature, niceties, number, observable behavior, observance, openness, order, outerness, outward appearance, outwardness, pattern, peculiarity, personal style, persuasion, pet subject, phase, phasis, phylum, poise, politeness, politesse, port, pose, posture, practice, praxis, prescription, presence, procedure, proceeding, process, proper thing, proprieties, protocol, pursuit, race, reference, regard, respect, rhetoric, ritual, routine, seeming, semblance, sense of language, shallowness, shape, side, simulacrum, slant, social code, social convention, social graces, social science, sort, specialism, speciality, specialization, specialty, species, stamp, standard behavior, standard usage, standing custom, strain, stripe, strong point, style, stylistic analysis, stylistics, superficiality, system, tack, tactics, technicality, technique, tenor, the drill, the grand style, the how, the like of, the likes of, the plain style, the sublime, the way of, thing, time-honored practice, tone, total effect, tradition, tribe, trick, turn, twist, type, usage, use, variety, vein, view, viewpoint, vocation, way, way of life, ways, weakness, what is done, wise, wont, wonting

Etymology
From manere:, from  maniere:, from  *manaria, from feminine of  manuarius:, from manus:

Pronunciation

 * , {{SAMPA|/"m{n@/}}
 * , {{SAMPA|/"m{n@`/}}
 * Homophones: manor
 * Homophones: manor
 * Homophones: manor

Translations

 * Arabic: أسلوب
 * Armenian:, ,  ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 方式
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Haitian Creole:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: ,


 * Japanese: やり方
 * Korean: 태도
 * Macedonian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, , manieră
 * Russian: способ, метод, манера
 * Scottish Gaelic:, , giùlan, modh
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: పద్ధతి (paddhati), తీరు (teeru), విధం (vidham)


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 風度, 风度
 * Macedonian: манир
 * Polish: maniera


 * Romanian: manieră, fel , purtare , comportament, conduită
 * Russian: манера, нрав
 * Scottish Gaelic: giùlan, dol a-mach, modh
 * Spanish:

Noun

 * 1) continent (in geological sense)
 * Euraasia on manner, mutta Eurooppa ei ole.
 * Eurasia is a continent, but Europe is not (in this sense).
 * 1) The main island of Åland archipelago (Ahvenanmaan manner).
 * 2) As a modifier in compound terms, of or pertaining to the continent.

Alternative forms

 * mantere

Declension
The declension of undefined: has become mixed with the alternative form mantere:.

Derived terms

 * mannerjalusta
 * mannerlaatta
 * mannermaa
 * mannermainen
 * Manner-Suomi
 * mannertenvälinen
 * mantereinen