manner
/ˈmænɚ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.55 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Mode of action; way of performing or doing anything.
noun
Characteristic mode of acting or behaving; bearing.
noun
The style of writing or thought of an author; the characteristic peculiarity of an artist.
Example Sentences
- "The treacherous manner of his mournful death."
- "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."
- "His natural manner makes him seem like the boss."
- "The captain's imperturbable manner gave the crew confidence."
- "[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."
- "These people have strange manners."
Etymology
From Middle English manere, maner, from Anglo-Norman manere, from Old French maniere, from Vulgar Latin *manāria, from feminine of Latin manuarius (“belonging to the hand”), from manus (“hand”). Compare French manière, Italian mannaia (“ax, axe”), Portuguese maneira and maneiro (“handy, portable”), Romanian mâner (“handle”), and Spanish manera. Displaced native Old English hād (“nature, manner”).
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Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈmænɚ/
- British English: /ˈmænə/