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   Manner (?), n. [OE. manere, F. manière, from OF. manier, adj., manual, skillful, handy, fr. (assumed) LL. manarius, for L. manuarius belonging to the hand, fr. manus the hand. See Manual.]
   1. Mode of action; way of performing or effecting anything; method; style; form; fashion.
   
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   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.
   
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   The temptations of prosperity insinuate themselves after a gentle, but very powerful, manner. Atterbury.
   
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   2. Characteristic mode of acting, conducting, carrying one's self, or the like; bearing; habitual style.
   
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   Specifically: (a) Customary method of acting; habit.
   
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   Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them. Acts xvii. 2.
   
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   Air and manner are more expressive than words. Richardson.
   
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   (b) pl. Carriage; behavior; deportment; also, becoming behavior; well-bred carriage and address; as, “mind your manners!”.
   
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   Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices. Emerson.
   
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   (c) The style of writing or thought of an author; characteristic peculiarity of an artist.
   
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   3. Certain degree or measure; as, “it is in a manner done already”.
   
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   The bread is in a manner common. 1 Sam. xxi.5.
   
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   4. Sort; kind; style; -- in this application sometimes having the sense of a plural, sorts or kinds; as, “all manners of people came to the rally”.
   
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   And they being afraid wondered, saying to one another, What manner of man is this! for he commandeth even the winds and the water, and they obey him. Luke 8: 25.
   
   Ye tithe mint, and rue, and all manner of herbs. Luke xi. 42.
   
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   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.
   
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   By any manner of means, in any way possible; by any sort of means. -- To be taken in the manner or To be taken 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.
   
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   Syn. -- Method; mode; custom; habit; fashion; air; look; mien; aspect; appearance. See Method.
   
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