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manner

noun as in person's behavior, conduct

noun as in class, category

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“That hamstrings us and prevents us from being able to stand up clinics in a more timely manner to address and meet the concerns of local residents,” Gayles told the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments Board of Directors.

Obviously, people crash in all manner of ways and at speeds slower and faster than 11 to 14 miles per hour.

Schottenheimer, who had a reserved manner, was seldom quotable or colorful in public.

On the first page of the ethics manual that each member is given, the representatives are advised that they are expected to “conduct themselves at all times in a manner that reflects creditably on the House.”

By offering puts and calls and all manner of other fancy derivative contracts, Wall Street makes it possible for investors to wager much more money on each company than the company is actually worth.

He declared that Western women are sexually promiscuous in a manner not even found in the natural world.

We know that the skies are open season for all manner of drone traffic, from missile launchers to beer droppers.

Both Edgar and Julio shared the same smile and light-hearted manner that I remembered and appreciated from years ago.

Coren, a striking blond with an authoritative manner and a deep voice, stayed with the story all night and well into the next day.

“Defendant moved his hands in a manner so as to avoid the application of handcuffs to his wrists,” the complaint says.

I called it a spinet, because it somewhat resembled that instrument, and was played upon in the same manner.

And once more, she found herself desiring to be like Janet--not only in appearance, but in soft manner and tone.

That is the only point in which one sees Liszt's sense of his own greatness; otherwise his manner is remarkably unassuming.

Columbus found the natives of San Salvador smoking after this manner.

Not only are they required to do things in a proper orderly manner, but people have to treat them with due deference.

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On this page you'll find 126 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to manner, such as: appearance, aspect, demeanor, look, presence, and style.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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