Edward Churchill still attended to his work in a hopeless mechanicalmanner 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.
2014 November 14,Blake Bailey, “'Tennessee Williams,' by John Lahr [print version: Theatrical victory of art over life,International New York Times, 18 November 2014, p. 13]”, inThe New York Times[1]:
[S]he [Edwina, mother ofTennessee Williams] was indeed Amanda [Wingfield, character in Williams' playThe Glass Menagerie] in the flesh: a doughty chatterbox from Ohio who adopted themanner of a Southern belle and eschewed both drink and sex to the greatest extent possible.
One's customary method of acting; habit.
These people have strangemanners.
Good, polite behaviour.
1815 December (indicated as1816), [Jane Austen], chapter 4, inEmma:[…], volume I, London:[…][Charles Roworth and James Moyes] forJohn Murray,→OCLC:
Harriet was not insensible ofmanner; she had voluntarily noticed her father’s gentleness with admiration as well as wonder. Mr. Martin looked as if he did not know whatmanner was.
But Sophia's mother was not the woman to brook defiance. After a few moments' vain remonstrance her husband complied. Hismanner and appearance were suggestive of a satiated sea-lion.
The style of writing or thought of an author; the characteristic peculiarity of an artist.
A certain degree or measure.
It is in amanner done already.
1984 December 29, Nancy Walker, “Classic Romance: Enduring Charm”, inGay Community News, volume12, number25, page 8:
The fact that we have hundreds of positive, lesbian-affirming novels available today in nomanner takes away from the basic high romance ofThe Price of Salt. The new edition is virtually the same in text as the original.
Sort; kind; style.
Allmanner of persons participate.
Standards of conduct cultured and product of mind.
Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000),Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society,→ISBN
“manner”, inKielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki:Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland),2004–, retrieved2023-07-03
