manner

noun

1. a way or method in which something is done or happens; mode or fashion of procedure
2. 1. a way of acting; personal, esp. customary, behavior or bearing: a sarcastic manner
   2. distinguished bearing or behavior
3. 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
4. characteristic style or method in art, music, literature, etc.
5. 1. kind; sort: what manner of man is he?
   2. kinds; sorts: all manner of things