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manière — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • manner noun The way something is done or happens.
  • maudlin adj Excessively and foolishly sentimental or emotional, especially in a tearful way, often from drink.
  • method noun A particular way or process of doing something.
  • mode noun A particular way or method of doing something.
  • way noun A road, path, or route from one place to another.

Senses

manière is used for these senses in English:

  • kind of (idiomatic, colloquial) Slightly; somewhat; sort of.
  • manner Mode of action; way of performing or doing anything.
  • maudlin Extravagantly or excessively sentimental; mawkish, self-pitying. [from 17th c.]
  • method (countable) A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something (followed by the adposition of, to or for before the purpose of the process).
  • mode A particular means of accomplishing something.
  • way A method or manner of doing something; a mannerism.

manner — full definition

  1. noun The way something is done or happens.
  2. noun A person's typical way of behaving toward others.
  3. noun Sort or kind.

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