- manner
- n.
1) an arrogant, cavalier, imperious, overbearing; awkward; boorish; businesslike; casual, hit-or-miss, offhand, relaxed; charming; cloying; coarse, crude, rude, uncouth; courteous, polite; cursory; debonair; flippant; forthcoming; friendly; gentle, mild; gracious; grand; ingratiating; intriguing; lively; matter-of-fact; obnoxious; polished; pretentious; prim; professional; servile; sheepish; slipshod, sloppy; statesmanlike; stern; suave; sullen, surly; unctuous manner
2) bad; good manners
3) (a doctor's) bedside manner
4) in a certain manner (they behaved in a statesmanlike manner; she was businesslike in her manner; in the grand manner; in an awkward manner; everything was done in a well organized manner)
5) (misc.) to the manner born ('born to an elevated social position'); in a manner of speaking ('as it were'); to mind one's manners ('to behave properly')
* * *['mænə]boorishbusinesslikecavaliercloyingcoarsecourteous. politecursorydebonairflippantforthcominggood mannershit-or-missimperious. overbearingingratiatingintriguinglivelymatter-of-factmildoffhandpolishedpretentiousprimprofessionalrelaxedrude. uncouthservilesheepishslipshodsloppystatesmanlikesternsuavesullensurlyunctuous mannerin a manner of speaking ('as it were')to mind one's manners ('to behave properly')(a doctor's) bedside manneran arrogant(misc.) to the manner born ('born to an elevated social position')in a certain manner (they behaved in a statesmanlike manner; she was businesslike in her manner; in the grand manner; in an awkward manner; everything was done in a well organized manner)
Combinatory dictionary. 2013.
