Manner

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Customary method of acting; habit.

II. Manner ·noun Certain degree or measure; as, it is in a manner done already.

III. Manner ·noun Mode of action; way of performing or effecting anything; method; style; form; fashion.

IV. Manner ·noun Carriage; behavior; deportment; also, becoming behavior; well-bred carriage and address.

V. Manner ·noun Sort; kind; style;

— in this application sometimes having the sense of a plural, sorts or kinds.

VI. Manner ·noun Characteristic mode of acting, conducting, carrying one's self, or the like; bearing; habitual style.

VII. Manner ·noun The style of writing or thought of an author; characteristic peculiarity of an Artist.