mannered

adjective

man·​nered ˈma-nərd How to pronounce mannered (audio)
Synonyms of mannerednext
1
: having manners of a specified kind
well-mannered
2
a
: having or displaying a particular manner
b
: having an artificial or stilted character
… passages are so mannered as to be unintelligible …—R. G. G. Price

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Dunlap is also mild-mannered next to LePage and almost as well-known. — David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 27 Oct. 2026 The source material provides Memoirs with an in-baked, flowery-yet-mannered visual language, and set designer Scott Pask has built off of it to transform the space of the musical, performed in the round, into an enfolding, velveteen club. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026 Who would come correct with a bitchy, sassy, screw-all-y’all response, and who would play it safe with a mild-mannered send-off? — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Sep. 2026 Heaps of plot aren’t required, of course, but one watches Color of the Sun with a constant itch for something to burst through the movie’s mannered stillness and liven up the picture. — Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for mannered

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of mannered was in the 14th century

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mannered

adjective
man·​nered ˈman-ərd How to pronounce mannered (audio)
: having manners of a specified kind
well-mannered
mild-mannered

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