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manner

/ˈmænɚ/noun2 syllables

Manner means: how something is done or how it happens.

Synonyms for manner5

noun, as in how something is done or how it happens

mode, style, way, fashion

noun, as in a way of acting or behaving

personal manner

What does manner mean?3

noun

1

how something is done or how it happens“her dignified manner”

2

a way of acting or behaving

3

a kind“what manner of man are you?”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with manner?4

two syllables

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Manner in a sentence

  • The sentence was death, and not the manner of dying.teapot
  • When our parents aren't there, my younger brother takes on a completely different manner.kemushi69
  • His face was grave, and his manner was cold in the extreme.Hybrid
  • His manner was nervous and shy, like that of a sensitive gentleman.Hybrid
  • His failure is, in a manner, our failure too.Sudajaengi
  • Lestrade met us, his face flushed with victory, his manner grossly triumphant.Hybrid
  • The oldest preserved with faithfulness, the new in a friendly manner.martelkapo
  • If his words were equivocal, his manner left their meaning unmistakable.Cangarejo

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of manner

as a noun

plural
manners