manner

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   how something is done or how it happens

   Our dignified manner impressed everyone.

2. 2
   noun

   a kind or type

   What manner of being are you?

3. 3
   noun

   Mode of action; way of performing or doing anything.

   The treacherous manner of his mournful death.

4. 4
   noun

   Characteristic mode of acting or behaving; bearing.

   His natural manner makes him seem like the boss.

5. 5
   noun

   One's customary method of acting; habit.

   These people have strange manners.

6. 6
   noun

   Good, polite behaviour.

   Harriet was not insensible of manner; she had voluntarily noticed her father’s gentleness with admiration as well as wonder. Mr. Martin looked as if he did not know what manner was.

7. 7
   noun

   A certain degree or measure.

   It is in a manner done already.

8. 8
   noun

   Sort; kind; style.

   All manner of persons participate.

Etymology

From Middle English manere, maner, from Anglo-Norman manere, from Old French maniere, from Vulgar Latin *manāria, from feminine of Latin manuarius (“belonging to the hand”), from manus (“hand”). Compare French manière, Italian mannaia (“ax, axe”), Portuguese maneira and maneiro (“handy, portable”), Romanian mâner (“handle”), and Spanish manera.