manner Definition

manner
noun

1. Way; fashion.

Example: Don't speak to him in that manner
Example: an unusual manner of walking
Thesaurus: method, practice, custom, habit, way, procedure, process, means.
2. Behaviour towards others.

Example: has a very pleasant manner
Thesaurus: mien, behaviour, deportment, demeanour, style, air, appearance, bearing, conduct, deportment, presence.
Form: manners (often)
3. Good or polite social behaviour.

Example: She has no manners
Example: table manners
Thesaurus: etiquette, social graces, politeness, proprieties, protocol, mores, urbanities, courtesy, decorum, formalities; Antonym: impoliteness.
Form: manners
4. formal, dated
Kind or kinds
Example: all manner of things
Example: What manner of man is he?
5. Style; character.

Example: dressed in the Chinese manner

Derivative: mannerless
adj

Idiom: by no manner of means (not by any manner of means)

Under no circumstances; certainly not.

Idiom: in a manner of speaking (in a manner)

In a way; to some degree; so to speak.

Idiom: to the manner born

Said of a person: accustomed since birth to a particular occupation, activity, lifestyle, etc.

Etymology: 12c: from French maniere, from Latin manuarius of the hand.