manner

noun

• 1a way in which a thing is done or happens:taking notes in an unobtrusive manner
• a style in literature or art:a dramatic poem in the manner of Goethe
• Grammar a semantic category of adverbs and adverbials that answer the question “how?”:an adverb of manner
• (manner of) chiefly literary a kind or sort of:what manner of man is he?

• 2a person’s outward bearing or way of behaving toward others:his arrogance and pompous manner a shy and diffident manner

• 3 (manners) polite or well-bred social behavior:didn’t your mother teach you any manners?
• social behavior or habits:Tim apologized for his son’s bad manners
• the way a motor vehicle handles or performs:I have no complaints about the performance or road manners