manner

• "her dignified manner"
• "his rapid manner of talking"
• "their nomadic mode of existence"
• "in the characteristic New York style"
• "a lonely way of life"
• "in an abrasive fashion"

Synonyms

• modehow something is done or how it happens; a particular functioning condition or arrangement; a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility ; verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker ; any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave ; the most frequent value of a random variable
• styledesignate by an identifying term; make consistent with a certain fashion or style; make consistent with certain rules of style; how something is done or how it happens; a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period; a particular kind (as to appearance); the popular taste at a given time; (botany) the narrow elongated part of the pistil between the ovary and the stigma ; editorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display ; distinctive and stylish elegance; a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving; a slender bristlelike or tubular process
• wayto a great degree or by a great distance; how something is done or how it happens; thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end; a line leading to a place or point; the condition of things generally; a course of conduct; any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another; a journey or passage; space for movement; the property of distance in general; doing as one pleases or chooses; a general category of things; a portion of something divided into shares
• fashionmake out of components (often in an improvising manner); how something is done or how it happens; characteristic or habitual practice ; the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior ; consumer goods (especially clothing) in the current mode

Synonyms

• personal mannera way of acting or behaving

• "what manner of man are you?"