What is the meaning of manners?

noun

  • How something is done or how it happens.
    • usage: "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"
  • A way of acting or behaving.
  • A kind.
    • usage: "what manner of man are you"
  • Social deportment.
    • usage: "he has the manners of a pig"
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