transcription, транскрипция: [ mænə(r) ]
( manners)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
The manner in which you do something is the way that you do it.
She smiled again in a friendly manner...
I’m a professional and I have to conduct myself in a professional manner...
The manner in which young children are spoken to varies depending on who is present.
N-SING : with supp
2.
Someone’s manner is the way in which they behave and talk when they are with other people, for example whether they are polite, confident, or bad-tempered.
His manner was self-assured and brusque...
N-SING : usu poss N
• -mannered
Forrest was normally mild-mannered, affable, and untalkative...
The British are considered ill-mannered, badly dressed and unsophisticated.
COMB in ADJ
3.
If someone has good manners , they are polite and observe social customs. If someone has bad manners , they are impolite and do not observe these customs.
He dressed well and had impeccable manners...
They taught him his manners.
N-PLURAL
4.
see also bedside manner , table manners
5.
If you refer to all manner of objects or people, you are talking about objects or people of many different kinds.
Mr Winchester is impressively knowledgeable about all manner of things.
PHRASE : PHR n
6.
You say in a manner of speaking to indicate that what you have just said is true, but not absolutely or exactly true.
An attorney is your employee, in a manner of speaking...
= in a way
PHRASE : PHR with cl [ vagueness ]