manner
how something is done or how it happens
How often you will meet it
Rank 377 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 52,601 times across 155,168 chapters — 0.025% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- how something is done or how it happens also: mode, style, way, fashion her dignified mannerhis rapid manner of talking
- a way of acting or behaving also: personal manner
- a kind what manner of man are you?
manner in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Things went on in this manner for a long time.
Famous Stories Every Child Should Know · Hamilton Wright [Editor] Mabie · Chapter 1
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The tall servant reappeared with a huge luncheon basket--all manner of delicacies were emptied out upon my table.
The Betrayal · E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim · Chapter 1
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The critic is he who can translate into another manner or a new material his impression of beautiful things.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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His strongest outward characteristic was quietness, both of manner, speech, motions, springing, it appeared, out of a corresponding quietness of soul.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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They knew that the cold manner of the great engineer covered depths, but they never expected to see the depths uncovered.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1