manner
//ˈmænə//
Forms
- Plural
- manners
- present (v1)
- manner
- past (v2)
- mannered
- past participle (v3)
- mannered
- present participle
- mannering
- 3rd person singular
- manners
Definitions
1.Mode of action; way of performing or doing anything.
- The treacherous manner of his mournful death.
2.Characteristic mode of acting or behaving; bearing.
- His natural manner makes him seem like the boss.
3.One's customary method of acting; habit.
- These people have strange manners.
4.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.
- But Sophia's mother was not the woman to brook defiance. After a few moments' vain remonstrance her husband complied. His manner and appearance were suggestive of a satiated sea-lion.
1.To instill manners into.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1901
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
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”).