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<sd>(c)</sd> <def>The style of writing or thought of an author; characteristic peculiarity of an artist</def>.

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Certain degree or measure; <as>as, it is in a <ex>manner</ex> done already</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The bread is in <b>a manner</b> common. <i>1 Sam. xxi.5.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Sort; kind; style; -- in this application sometimes having the sense of a plural, sorts or kinds.</def>

<blockquote>Ye tithe mint, and rue, and all <b>manner</b> of herbs. <i>Luke xi. 42.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I bid thee say, What <b>manner</b> of man art thou? <i>Coleridge.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; In old usage, <ptcl>of</ptcl> was often omitted after <i>manner</i>, when employed in this sense. "A <i>manner</i> Latin corrupt was her speech."</note>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<cs><col>By any manner of means</col>, <cd>in any way possible; by any sort of means.</cd> -- <mcol><col>To be taken</col> <col>in, &or; with</col> <col>the manner</col></mcol>. <ety>[A corruption of <ets>to be taken in the mainor<ets>. See <er>Mainor</er>.]</ety> <cd>To be taken in the very act. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> See <er>Mainor</er>.</cd> -- <col>To make one's manners</col>, <cd>to make a bow or courtesy; to offer salutation.</cd> -- <col>Manners bit</col>, <cd>a portion left in a dish for the sake of good manners. <i>Hallwell</i>.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Method; mode; custom; habit; fashion; air; look; mien; aspect; appearance. See <er>Method</er>.</syn>

<h1>Mannered</h1> <Xpage=892>

<hw>Man"nered</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Having a certain way, esp a. polite way, of carrying and conducting one's self.</def>

<blockquote>Give her princely training, that she may be <b>Mannered</b> as she is born. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Affected with mannerism; marked by excess of some characteristic peculiarity.</def>

<blockquote>His style is in some degree <b>mannered</b> and confined. <i>Hazlitt.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Mannerism</h1> <Xpage=892>

<hw>Man"ner*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>mani\'82risme</ets>.]</ety> <def>Adherence to a peculiar style or manner; a characteristic mode of action, bearing, or treatment, carried to excess, especially in literature or art.</def>

<blockquote><b>Mannerism</b> is pardonable,and is sometimes even agreeable, when the manner, though vicious, is natural . . . . But a <b>mannerism</b> which does not sit easy on the mannerist, which has been adopted on principle, and which can be sustained only by constant effort, is always offensive. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Mannerist</h1> <Xpage=892>

<hw>Man"ner*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>mani\'82riste</ets>.]</ety> <def>One addicted to mannerism; a person who, in action, bearing, or treatment, carries characteristic peculiarities to excess. See citation under <er>Mannerism</er>.</def>

<h1>Mannerliness</h1> <Xpage=892>

<hw>Man"ner*li*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or state of being mannerly; civility; complaisance.</def>

<i>Sir M. Hale.</i>

<h1>Mannerly</h1> <Xpage=892>

<hw>Man"ner*ly</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Showing good manners; civil; respectful; complaisant.</def>

<blockquote>What thou thinkest meet, and is most <b>mannerly</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Mannerly</h1> <Xpage=892>

<hw>Man"ner*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>With good manners.</def>