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Meanings of mannered in English

Mannered.

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Usage of mannered in English
1
Japan's imperial family largely shuns the media, except for mannered press events.
The Irish Times
2
The question is whether there's room for permanently well-mannered activism in 2015.
Reuters
3
Was the mannered diction mostly down to English being her second language?
The Guardian
4
So you see, I have absolutely no need for those ill-mannered intellectuals.
Genellan: planetfall
5
Professor Pain Origin: A mild-mannered nanoengineer decided to upgrade and overclock himself.
Wired
6
In her view Irishmen are wonderful and funny and good-mannered and attractive.
The Irish Times
7
The usually mild-mannered Tánaiste became very catty with his former junior minister.
The Irish Times
8
His mannered, effusive prose style, in any case, is hard to take.
The Irish Times
9
The inelegant double negative is a mild-mannered but firm declaration of independence.
Wired
10
Here in the West, from Wilts to Cornwall, our rustics are sweet-mannered.
In a Green Shade / A Country Commentary
11
Martin, usually the mildest-mannered man in Sussex, was obviously ill at ease.
The Postmaster's Daughter
12
Emma was a neat, well-mannered child who no longer hid in closets.
Public secrets
13
The well-mannered gentlemen of business stimulated him greatly by their appreciative attention.
T. Tembarom
14
It's not the discordance in itself, it's the mannered nature of it.
The Irish Times
15
This Henry does not mind his children out of their chairs, ill-mannered.
The White Princess
16
Agnes too-soladylike and well mannered; she'd do credit to any man.
Robert Elsmere
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Mannered across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common