manner

Manner is defined as the way of doing something or behaving.

(noun)

An example of manner is the way in which someone performs her job.

See manner in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a way or method in which something is done or happens; mode or fashion of procedure
1. a way of acting; personal, esp. customary, behavior or bearing: a sarcastic manner
2. distinguished bearing or behavior
1. ways of social life; prevailing social conditions or customs: a comedy of manners
2. ways of social behavior; deportment, esp. with reference to polite conventions: good manners, bad manners
3. polite ways of social behavior; deportment conforming with polite conventions: a child who has no manners
characteristic style or method in art, music, literature, etc.
1. kind; sort: what manner of man is he?
2. kinds; sorts: all manner of things

Origin: ME manere < OFr maniere < VL *manaria < L manuarius, of the hand < manus, a hand: see manual

See manner in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A way of doing something or the way in which a thing is done or happens. See Synonyms at method.
A way of acting; bearing or behavior.
manners
a. The socially correct way of acting; etiquette.
b. The prevailing customs, social conduct, and norms of a specific society, period, or group, especially as the subject of a literary work.
Practice, style, execution, or method in the arts: This fresco is typical of the painter's early manner.
a. Kind; sort: What manner of person is she?
b. Kinds; sorts: saw all manner of people at the mall.