1.how something is done or how it happens
同义词：mode,style,way,fashion
2.a way of acting or behaving
同义词：personal manner
1.Mode of action; way of performing or effecting anything; method; style; form; fashion.
"The nations which thou hast removed,and placed in the cities of Samaria,know not the manner of the God of the land." -- 2 Kings xvii.26.
"The temptations of prosperity insinuate themselves after a gentle,but very powerful,manner." -- Atterbury.
2.Characteristic mode of acting,conducting,carrying one's self,or the like; bearing; habitual style.
Specifically:(a) Customary method of acting; habit.
"Paul,as his manner was,went in unto them." -- Acts xvii.2.
"Air and manner are more expressive than words." -- Richardson.
(b) pl.Carriage; behavior; deportment; also,becoming behavior; well-bred carriage and address.
"Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices." -- Emerson.
(c) The style of writing or thought of an author; characteristic peculiarity of an artist.
3.Certain degree or measure; as,it is in a manner done already.
"The bread is in a manner common." -- 1 Sam.xxi.5.
4.Sort; kind; style; -- in this application sometimes having the sense of a plural,sorts or kinds.
"Ye tithe mint,and rue,and all manner of herbs." -- Luke xi.42.
"I bid thee say,What manner of man art thou?" -- Coleridge.
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In old usage,of was often omitted after manner,when employed in this sense."A manner Latin corrupt was her speech." Chaucer.
By any manner of means
in any way possible; by any sort of means.
To be taken
in,or with
the manner
[A corruption of to be taken in the mainor.See Mainor.] To be taken in the very act.[Obs.] See Mainor.
To make one's manners
to make a bow or courtesy; to offer salutation.
Manners bit
a portion left in a dish for the sake of good manners.Hallwell.
Syn.-- Method; mode; custom; habit; fashion; air; look; mien; aspect; appearance.See Method.