mannered
adjEtymology From Middle English manered; equivalent to manner + -ed.
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In compounds, Often Having manners or (often excessive) mannerisms.
- His upbringing had led him to act in an overly mannered way.
- ill-mannered.
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- I doubt in general whether highly mannered societies are necessarily more peaceful societies as assumed by Norbert Elias. Romeo and Juliet lived in a highly mannered, highly violent society; […]2000, Richard W. Kaeuper, Violence in Medieval Society, page 34:
- Derived terms
- bad-mannered, fair-mannered, ill-mannered, mild-mannered, mismannered, overmannered, unmannered, well-mannered
- Related terms
- well mannered, bad mannered, ill mannered