Dunno is listening to you
manner [ man·ner ]
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1. A way in which a thing is done or happens.
Most people never think about the manner of their death.
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2. A style in literature or art.
Bollinger was ‘working’ in these pictures, but not in the manner of the other artists Fiore depicted.
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3. A semantic category of adverbs and adverbials which answer the question ‘how?’
There are adverbs of manner, adverbs of place, adverbs of frequency, adverbs of time and adverbs of purpose.
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4. (manner of) A kind or sort.
what manner of man is he?
5. A person's outward bearing or way of behaving towards others.
his arrogance and pompous manner
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6. (manners) Polite or well-bred social behaviour.
One learns active ritual as one learns manners.
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7. Social behaviour or habits.
Trevor apologized for his son's bad manners
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8. The way a motor vehicle handles or performs.
It's a brutish and large vehicle that has great road manners yet is more versatile than a car.
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Origin
1. Middle English from Old French maniere, based on Latin manuarius ‘of the hand’, from manus ‘hand’.
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