Definition of "manner" []

• A way of doing something or the way in which a thing is done or happens. See Synonyms at method. (noun)
• A way of acting; bearing or behavior. (noun)
• The socially correct way of acting; etiquette. (noun)
• The prevailing customs, social conduct, and norms of a specific society, period, or group, especially as the subject of a literary work. (noun)
• Practice, style, execution, or method in the arts: This fresco is typical of the painter's early manner. (noun)

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• "In the later edition, he takes occasion to say, in this connection, 'that as writing in the received manner no way obstructs the _manner of pronunciation_, but leaves that _free_, an innovation in it is of no purpose.'"
• "For [6] when the ten Tribes were captivated, a Priest or the captivity was sent back to _Bethel_, by order of the King of _Assyria_, to instruct the new inhabitants of _Samaria_, in _the manner of the God of the land_; and the _Samaritans_ had the _Pentateuch_ from this Priest, as containing the law or _manner of the God of the land_, which he was to teach them."
• "The quoit formerly ufed by the Gre - cians was made of (tones, brafsor iron, which they threw by the help of a thong, put through a hole in the middle of it, but in a manner entirely different from that in which they threw the dart: then 'the hands were lifted, up and extended, whereas the difcus was hurled in the manner* of a bowl."