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-mannered — UK [mænə(r)d] US [mænərd] suffix used with some adjectives and adverbs to make adjectives describing the type of manners that someone has bad mannered ill mannered mild mannered Thesaurus: suffixes … Useful english dictionary
Mannered — Man nered, a. 1. Having a certain way, esp. a polite way, of carrying and conducting one s self; as, a well mannered child. [1913 Webster] Give her princely training, that she may be Mannered as she is born. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Affected with… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
-mannered — [ mænərd ] suffix used with some adjectives and adverbs to make adjectives describing the type of manners that someone has: bad mannered ill mannered mild mannered … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
mannered — [man′ərərd] adj. 1. having manners of a specified sort: used in hyphenated compounds [ill mannered] 2. having or showing a specified manner [a solemnly mannered ceremony] 3. artificial, stylized, or affected [a mannered literary style] … English World dictionary
mannered — mid 15c., having manners of one kind or another, from MANNER (Cf. manner). Later, especially, well mannered. Cf. mannerable well mannered (late 15c.) … Etymology dictionary
mannered — ► ADJECTIVE 1) behaving in a specified way: well mannered. 2) (of an artistic style) marked by highly distinctive or exaggerated features … English terms dictionary
mannered — [adj] affected, put on airish*, apish*, artificial, artsy, campy*, chichi*, conscious, gone Hollywood*, highfaluting*, posed, pretentious, self conscious, stilted, stuck up*, unnatural; concept 401 Ant. natural, unpretentious … New thesaurus
mannered — [[t]mæ̱nə(r)d[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n (disapproval) If you describe someone s behaviour or a work of art as mannered, you dislike it because it is elaborate or formal, and therefore seems false or artificial. ...Naomi s mannered voice... If … English dictionary
mannered — man|nered [ˈmænəd US ərd] adj 1.) well mannered/bad mannered etc polite, impolite etc in the way you behave in social situations ▪ He is the most well mannered, well behaved boy I know. 2.) behaviour, speech, or writing that is mannered is not… … Dictionary of contemporary English
mannered — adjective 1 well mannered/bad mannered/mild mannered etc polite, impolite etc in the way you behave in social situations 2 behaving or speaking in an unnatural way, because you want to impress people: He gave a very mannered performance in the… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
