Collocations for "manner"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "manner" in context.
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manner
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [good, bad, polite] manners
- [social, table, bedside] manners
- has a [persuasive, talkative, calming] manner
- (in a) [positive, lively, rude, pompous, helpful, charming] manner
- (built in) the [Victorian, Colonial, 19th-century] manner
- [teach, show, learn, instill] good manners
- shows a lack of manners
- mind your manners!
- in what manner were you [informed, told, notified]?
- yes, in a manner of speaking
- in (much) the same manner
- in the manner of [Freud, Van Gogh, Michael Jackson]
- the manner in which it is [performed, delivered, written, said]
- manners appropriate for the [occasion, company, surroundings]
'manner' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
abrupt
- affected
- animal
- any
- beautiful
- bluff
- calm
- careless
- casual
- chaos
- clumsy
- coarse
- cocky
- compassionate
- concerned
- conducive
- conspicuous
- dazed
- devious
- disruptive
- dodgy
- efficient
- engaging
- estimate
- ferret
- fit
- frame
- free
- haphazard
- haughty
- informal
- joking
- kindly
- lofty
- lovable
- mighty
- mild
- neat
- orderly
- playful
- polished
- polite
- queue
- reckless
- resemble
- responsible
- restrained
- roundabout
- sassy
- smooth