manner

Meaning

Noun

• Mode of action; way of performing or doing anything
• Characteristic mode of acting or behaving; bearing
• One's customary method of acting; habit.
• good, polite behaviour
• The style of writing or thought of an author; the characteristic peculiarity of an artist.
• A certain degree or measure.
• Sort; kind; style.
• Standards of conduct cultured and product of mind.

Origin

• From Middle English maner, manere, from Anglo-Norman manere, from Old French maniere, from Vulgar Latin *manāria, from feminine of Latin manuarius ("belonging to the hand"), from manus. Compare French manière, Italian mannaia ("ax, axe"), Portuguese maneira and maneiro, Romanian mâner ("handle"), and Spanish manera.