Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition

Manner

Man′ner

,
Noun.
[OE.
manere
, F.
manière
, from OF.
manier
, adj., manual, skillful, handy, fr. (assumed) LL.
manarius
, for L.
manuarius
belonging to the hand, fr.
manus
the hand. See
Manual
.]
1.
Mode of action; way of performing or effecting anything; method; style; form; fashion.
The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the
manner
of the God of the land.
2 Kings xvii. 26.
The temptations of prosperity insinuate themselves after a gentle, but very powerful,
manner
.
Atterbury.
2.
Characteristic mode of acting, conducting, carrying one’s self, or the like; bearing; habitual style.
Specifically:
(a)
Customary method of acting; habit.
Paul, as his
manner
was, went in unto them.
Acts xvii. 2.
Air and
manner
are more expressive than words.
Richardson.
(b)
pl.
Carriage; behavior; deportment; also, becoming behavior; well-bred carriage and address;
as, mind your
manners
!
.
Good
manners
are made up of petty sacrifices.
Emerson.
(c)
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
.
The bread is in
a manner
common.
1 Sam. xxi.5.
Ye tithe mint, and rue, and all
manner
of herbs.
Luke xi. 42.
I bid thee say,
What
manner
of man art thou?
Coleridge.
☞ In old usage,
of
was often omitted after manner, when employed in this sense. “A manner Latin corrupt was her speech.”
Chaucer.
By any manner of means
,
in any way possible; by any sort of means.
–
To be taken in the manner
or
To be taken with the manner
.
[A corruption of
to be taken in the mainor
. See
Mainor
.]
To be taken in the very act.
[Obs.]
See
Mainor
.
–
To make one's manners
,
to make a bow or courtesy; to offer salutation.
–
Manners bit
,
a portion left in a dish for the sake of good manners.
Hallwell.
Syn. – Method; mode; custom; habit; fashion; air; look; mien; aspect; appearance. See
Method
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Manner

MAN'NER

,
Noun.
[L. manus, the hand.]
1.
Form; method; way of performing or executing.
Find thou the manner, and the means prepare.
2.
Custom; habitual practice.
Show them the manner of the king that shall reign over them. This will be the manner of the king. 1 Sam.8.
Paul, as his manner was--Acts 17.
3.
Sort; kind.
Ye tithe mint and rue, and all manner of herbs. Luke 11.
They shall say all manner of evil against you falsely--Matt.5.
In this application, manner has the sense of a plural word; all sorts or kinds.
4.
Certain degree or measure. It is in a manner done already.
The bread is in a manner common. 1 Sam.21.
This use may also be sometimes defined by sort or fashion; as we say, a thing is done after a sort or fashion, that is, not well, fully or perfectly.
Augustinus does in a manner confess the charge.
5.
Mien; cast of look; mode.
Air and manner are more expressive than words.
6.
Peculiar way or carriage; distinct mode.
It can hardly be imagined how great a difference was in the humor, disposition and manner of the army under Essex and that under Waller.
A man's company may be known by his manner of expressing himself.
7.
Way; mode; of things.
The temptations of prosperity insinuate themselves after a gentle, but very powerful manner.
8.
Way of service or worship.
The nations which thou hast removed and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the god of the land--2 Kings 7.
9.
In painting, the particular habit of a painter in managing colors, lights and shades.

MAN'NER

,
Verb.
T.
To instruct in manners.

Definition 2024

manner

manner

See also: Männer

English

Noun

manner ‎(plural manners)

  1. Mode of action; way of performing or effecting anything; method; style; form; fashion.
    • William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
      The treacherous manner of his mournful death.
    • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 15, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
      Edward Churchill still attended to his work in a hopeless mechanical manner like a sleep-walker who walks safely on a well-known round. But his Roman collar galled him, his cossack stifled him, his biretta was as uncomfortable as a merry-andrew's cap and bells.
  2. Characteristic mode of acting, conducting, carrying one's self; bearing; habitual style.
    His natural manner makes him seem like the boss.‎
    • 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
      During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant […]
    • 2014 November 14, Blake Bailey, “'Tennessee Williams,' by John Lahr [print version: Theatrical victory of art over life, International New York Times, 18 November 2014, p. 13]”, in The New York Times:
      [S]he [Edwina, mother of Tennessee Williams] was indeed Amanda [Wingfield, character in Williams' play The Glass Menagerie] in the flesh: a doughty chatterbox from Ohio who adopted the manner of a Southern belle and eschewed both drink and sex to the greatest extent possible.
  3. Customary method of acting; habit.
    These people have strange manners.‎
  4. Carriage; behavior; deportment; also, becoming behavior; well-bred carriage and address.
    • 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 6, in A Cuckoo in the Nest:
      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.
  5. The style of writing or thought of an author; characteristic peculiarity of an artist.
  6. Certain degree or measure.
    It is in a manner done already.‎
  7. Sort; kind; style.
    All manner of persons participate.‎
  8. Standards of conduct cultured and product of mind.
  9. Corruption of mainor, in the phrase "with the manner" i.e. in the very act, red handed.
    • 1611, Bible (KJV), Num 5:13:
      And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, neither she be taken with the manner;

Derived terms

Translations

Statistics

Most common English words before 1923: kept · business · mean · #384: manner · following · fell · different

Estonian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Of Finnic origin. Cognate with Finnish manner.

Noun

manner ‎(genitive mandri, partitive mandrit)

  1. continent

Declension

Finnish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑnːer/
  • Hyphenation: man‧ner

Noun

manner

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

Declension

Declension of manner (type askel)
singular plural
nominative manner
mantere 		manteret
mantereet
genitive manteren
mantereen		 manterien
mannerten
mantereiden
mantereitten
partitive mannerta
manteretta		 manteria
mantereita
accusative manner
manteren
mantereen		 manteret
inessive manteressa
mantereessa		 manterissa
mantereissa
elative manteresta
mantereesta		 manterista
mantereista
illative mantereen
mantereeseen		 manteriin
mantereisiin
adessive manterella
mantereella		 manterilla
mantereilla
ablative manterelta
mantereelta		 manterilta
mantereilta
allative manterelle
mantereelle		 manterille
mantereille
essive manterena
mantereena		 manterina
mantereina
translative mantereksi
mantereeksi		 manteriksi
mantereiksi
instructive – manterin
manterein
abessive manteretta
mantereetta		 manteritta
mantereitta
comitative – manterineen
mantereineen

Derived terms

See also

Luxembourgish

Adjective

manner

  1. comparative degree of mann

Etymology

Borrowing from Anglo-Norman manere, from Old French maniere, from Vulgar Latin *manāria, from feminine of Latin manuarius ‎(“belonging to the hand”), from manus ‎(“hand”)

Pronunciation

Similar Results