mannered

man·nered

(măn′ərd)

adj.

1. Having manners of a specific kind: ill-mannered children.

a. Having or showing a certain manner: a mild-mannered supervisor.

b. Artificial or affected: mannered speech.

3. Of, relating to, or exhibiting mannerisms.

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mannered

(ˈmænəd)

adj

1. having idiosyncrasies or mannerisms; affected: mannered gestures.

2. (Art Terms) of or having mannerisms of style, as in art or literature

3. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) of or having mannerisms of style, as in art or literature

4. (in combination) having manners as specified: ill-mannered.

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man•nered

(ˈmæn ərd)

adj.

1. having manners of a specified kind (usu. used in combination): ill-mannered.

2. having distinctive mannerisms; affected: a mannered walk.

[1350–1400]

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Adj.

mannered - having unnatural mannerisms; "brief, mannered and unlifelike idiom"

affected, unnatural - speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression

mannered

adjective affected, put-on, posed, artificial, pseudo (informal), pretentious, stilted, arty-farty (informal) If you are too careful, the results can look mannered.
real, natural, genuine, sincere, honest, unaffected, unpretentious

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mannered

adjective

Artificially genteel:

affected, artificial, precious.

Informal: la-di-da.

Translations

affettato manierato

вычурный

mannered

[ˈmænəd] ADJ

1. (= affected) [style] → amanerado

2. (= camp) → cursi

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mannered

adj

(= affected, fussy) style, work of art, gestures → manieriert; friendliness, subservience etc → betont, prononciert (geh)

(with adv) to be well-/ill-/impeccably mannered → gute/schlechte/tadellose Manieren haben; a well-/ill-/impeccably mannered man → ein Mann mit guten/schlechten/tadellosen Manieren

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mannered

[ˈmænəd] adj → affettato/a

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That bell that you carry is not, believe me, any order of merit, but on the contrary a mark of disgrace, a public notice to all men to avoid you as an ill mannered dog."

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Owning no slaves, they were not rated among "the best people" of their neighborhood; but they were honest persons of good education, fairly well mannered and as respectable as any family could be if uncredentialed by personal dominion over the sons and daughters of Ham.

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She's well- mannered, too; she didn't ask for anything, and was thankful for whatever she got.

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Had Phoebe been coarse in feature, shaped clumsily, of a harsh voice, and uncouthly mannered, she might have been rich with all good gifts, beneath this unfortunate exterior, and still, so long as she wore the guise of woman, she would have shocked Clifford, and depressed him by her lack of beauty.

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