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Webster 1913 Edition


Mannered

Man′nered

,
Adj.
1.
Having a certain way, esp. a polite way, of carrying and conducting one’s self;
as, a well-
mannered
child
.
Give her princely training, that she may be
Mannered
as she is born.
Shakespeare
2.
Affected with mannerism; marked by excess of some characteristic peculiarity.
His style is in some degree
mannered
and confined.
Hazlitt.

Definition 2024


mannered

mannered

English

Adjective

mannered (comparative more mannered, superlative most mannered)

  1. Having manners or (often excessive) mannerisms.
    His upbringing had led him to act in an overly mannered way.

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